India Pours on the Pageantry with Colorful Welcome for President Trump

President Trump has opened a whirlwind 36-hour visit to India by basking in the adulation of a massive, colorful crowd at a cricket stadium in the western city of Ahmedabad.

President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished praised on each other during back-to-back speeches to thousands of revelers packed into the stadium in 80-degree heat.

It was the biggest rally crowd of President Trump's political career. President Trump's visit is meant to reaffirm U.S.-India ties strained by trade disputes. But it is also providing enviable overseas imagery for a president in a re-election year.

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