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    Trump's brand is all the rage in India

    by Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times Feb 24, 2018 5 minutes

    GURGAON, India - Dharmendra Rao, owner of a successful business that manufactures oil pumps, lives with his family in a 6,000-square-foot apartment in one of the many monolithic towers that have sprung up on pastureland in this booming satellite city south of New Delhi.

    Thinking that his address lacked a certain panache, Rao came to a luxury hotel this week to hear a half-hour sales pitch for condos bearing a far more recognizable brand: the Trump Towers.

    "The Trump name means exclusivity," Rao said after leaving the sales office in Gurgaon, clutching a black tote bag filled with floor plans for apartments that cost up to $1.5 million.

    "So I would say, yes - I'm planning to book one."

    While Rao was ensconced on a couch in the sales office hearing about private swimming pools and 270-degree views, Donald Trump Jr. was crisscrossing India on a four-day, four-city tour to

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