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“Stand With India & Modi”; Trump Says US Will Donate Ventilators To India

“I am proud to announce that the United States will donate ventilators to our friends in India,” Donald Trump tweeted from his Twitter handle.

Washington| President Donald Trump declared that the US will donate ventilators to India, shortly after he highlighted the close partnership between two countries and referred Prime Minister Modi as his “good friend”.

On Friday, India crossed the tally of 85,000 positive Covid-19 cases, moving past China’s tally of 82, 933 cases.

“I am proud to announce that the United States will donate ventilators to our friends in India,” Donald Trump tweeted from his Twitter handle, though he did not mention how many ventilators will be donated.

Trump also added, “We stand with India and @narendramodi during this pandemic. We’re also cooperating on vaccine development. Together we will beat the invisible enemy!”

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“We are sending a lot of ventilators to India. I spoke to Prime Minister Modi. We are sending quite a few ventilators to India. We have a tremendous supply of ventilators,” Trump informed reporters before boarding Marine One on the way to Camp David.

Earlier in the day, President Trumped praised India and Modi while saying, “India has been so great, and as you know your prime minister has been a very good friend of mine. I just got back a short while ago from India and we are very much together.” He was referring to his visits to Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Agra in February.

White House Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, said during the press briefing, “The president just extolled our great relationship with India. India has been a great partner to us for quite sometime. I am encouraged to hear ventilators being sent to India.”

She also said that India is among a couple of other countries that will be receiving ventilators from the US.

Trump on Friday also said that the US and India are co-operating to develop a vaccine for Covid-19. “Together we will beat the invisible enemy! We stand with India and Prime Minister Modi during this pandemic,” Trump told reporters.

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