Performative bonhomie | Perspective/US-India ties
The fact that Trump sat through an hour of PM Modi’s speech would suggest he saw some gain for himself.
The US president, Donald Trump, joining the Indian prime minister at a 50,000-strong rally of Indian-Americans in Houston on September 22 was unprecedented and perhaps 'historic', with potential benefits for the bilateral US-India relationship. But it also raises several questions in its trail.
It is unusual for a US president to join a public event with a visiting foreign leader that focuses on the immigrant community, rather than some aspect of US, or shared, history.
