Trump, addressing a rally in South Carolina, said it was hard to be enthused by the crowd after witnessing the huge one at the Motera stadium in Ahmedabad.
South Carolina: US President Donald Trump on Saturday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India and the massive crowd that turned up to welcome him.
Terming his recent visit to India “worthwhile”, President Trump, while addressing a rally in South Carolina, a southern-eastern US state, also asserted that he would never be excited again about crowds after having addressed over 1 lakh spectators in Ahmedabad’s Motera Stadium earlier this week.
“In India, I hate to say this to you, they actually have a 129,000-seat stadium. Did you see it? The place was packed, and they did better than most. They gave me credit for 100,000. That was not bad. It’s 129. The stadium holds 100. They had a field that’s about three times… it’s Cricket. It’s the biggest stadium. And they had 129,” Trump said.
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“I was with the Prime Minister of India, Modi. Great guy, loved by the people of India. And we had an amazing thing. And I went in, and here’s the problem. This is a big crowd. And normally I like talking about my crowds because I get the crowds like nobody, but I just got back from 140 or 50 or 60,000 people and now I’m coming here,” President Trump said.
“I may never be excited again about a crowd after going to India. Think of this, they have 1.5 billion people. We have 350, so we”re doing pretty well, I’ll tell you what, but I love this crowd, and I love that crowd too. Tell you they have a great love for … They have a great love. They have a great leader, and they have a great love for the people of this country. That was really a worthwhile trip,” he added.
Trump, before his India visit, had said that PM Modi had told him that 5-7 million people would welcome him.
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