Trump's India Visit

The Centre spent approximately Rs 38 lakh on the 36-hour State visit by former US President Donald Trump in 2020 in accommodation, meals, logistics etc, the External Affairs Ministry has told the Central Information Commission. On his maiden visit to India, Trump accompanied by his wife Melania, daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and several top officials had visited Ahmedabad, Agra, and New Delhi on February 24-25, 2020. He had spent three hours in Ahmedabad on February 24 during which he attended a 22-km-long roadshow, paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram, and addressed a mega gathering "Namaste Trump" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the newly built Motera Cricket Stadium. Trump later flew to Agra on the same day to visit Taj Mahal. He visited the national capital on February 25 where he held bilateral talks with Modi. One Mishall Bhathena in an RTI had sought to know from the External Affairs Ministry the total expenses incurred by the Indian ...

Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania and a high-powered delegation, was on his maiden official visit to India from February 24 to 25

One of the things we're doing, we're going to be announcing another tax cut in not so long a period of time, largely for middle-income people, said Trump in an interaction with Indian businessmen

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Acting Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice G Wells said an excellent progress was made during the presidential visit to India

Trump was on his maiden official visit to India from February 24 to 25

Agreements signed on defence & energy but long-awaited trade deal remains elusive

Trump said that a comprehensive trade agreement with India would take much longer to finalise than earlier expected

In the final engagement of the visit, the US President participated in a banquet dinner hosted by his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind

Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump were accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Later, Trump along with First Lady Melania, visited Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi

Trump confirmed that India's military signed contracts with Boeing and Lockheed Martin on Tuesday for the purchase of military helicopters

Later in the day, Trump also addressed a gathering of business leaders at the national capital

Addressing Indian CEOs here, Trump said the US plans to spend about $2.5 billion in fighting the deadly coronavirus

Ahead of his visit, the city administration had given the city a "major makeover", especially along the route to be used by Trump's convoy

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Trump announced that deals to sell state-of-the-art military helicopters and other equipment worth over $3 billion will be sealed with India on Tuesday

Announces signing of a $3 billion defence deal in Delhi on Tuesday

The meeting was attended by the US and Indian energy firms

Singh and Azad will not attend as Rashtrapati Bhavan has not invited Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi to the banquet, Congress sources said