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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell, now we know why Trump's going to India. The totally unexpected reason is totally unexpected!
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trumps-india-visit-expected-to-boost-exposure-of-his-struggling-properties-in-the-country-report/
President Donald Trump heads off to India next Monday where his high profile visit may give a boost to his sagging fortunes at some of his properties in a country that happens to be the Trump Organizations largest foreign market featuring the Trump name.
According to a report from Politico, President Donald Trump arrives Monday in a country featuring the most Trump properties outside the U.S."
The White House hopes the visit will advance trade talks and bolster the presidents standing with Indian-Americans ahead of the 2020 election, adding, But its also a trip that will create attention that could help Trump-branded properties amid a slumping real estate market and slowing economy in India.
The report notes goes on to note, Already, in the days leading up to the trip, some Indian media outlets have referenced the Trump properties in their coverage, with one even suggesting the president chose his speaking location because of his longstanding ties to realtors in the region.
CurtEastPoint
(18,639 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)(I admit to not keeping up with Indian politics, other than headlines here and there...)
CurtEastPoint
(18,639 posts)malaise
(268,949 posts)who should be in prison
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Right in his wheelhouse.
erronis
(15,241 posts)Women are treated disgracefully in India, Saudi Arabia, and many "eastern" countries.
Can't say that a lot of latin countries give them equal footing.
The US was on a path for total equal rights but with this latest round of misogyny I'm not sure where we'll end up.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)That's no coincidence.
He's just like Adelson. Rachel had a story a few years back where old Sheldon had a gaggle of 15-year old girls who would service his rich buddies. It was somewhere in the south Pacific. Jeffrey Epstein didn't fly solo. There is more of that than we know of.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)obnoxiousdrunk
(2,910 posts)Raw story ...
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)Construction workers build a wall along a slum area as part of a beautification drive along a route that President Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be taking during Mr. Trump's visit to Ahmedabad.
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)to consider using that material to actually build acceptable housing for those "behind the wall?"
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Voltaire2
(13,021 posts)So there is hope.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)It might speed things up.
For him we can refer to it as Covfefe-18. He can relate to the 18 because "she claimed to be that old".
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MojoWrkn
(139 posts)she and Melanoma are going. Wish the government would pay for my overseas vacay!
DemoTex
(25,394 posts)A buzzard has sweeter breath.
IcyPeas
(21,859 posts)Also attending is commerce secretary Wilbur Ross and energy secretary Dan Brouillette
Like Ivanka, Brouillette is a late addition to the list and joining trump suggests that a big energy agreement might be in the offing
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ivanka-trump-will-also-accompany-dad-to-india/articleshow/74250399.cms
Read the comments too. "family holiday for trump" and that's a nice one. some of the comments, apparently from Indians, are well aware of Trump's stupidity and corruption. The world laughs at us.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)Because taxpayers sure should not be.
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