Trump speaks Hindi

Magdy Mostafa

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transferred Bollywood’s methods of making movies from the world of cinema to politics, recording a historic reception for US President Donald Trump during his two-day visit to India that ended on Tuesday.

On the way in directing Bollywood films, Moody prepared an unprecedented reception for his American guest, as he was keen to fulfill his promise that he had made before the start of the visit that Trump would receive "an unforgettable welcome."

17 years ago, Moody was barred from entering the United States due to the massacres committed against Muslims in his country by Hindu extremists, which Moody blessed while he was prime minister.

Today, Moody finds a close and close rapprochement with the United States after summarizing him with a historic hospitality that no one had attained before him when he visited her last year ... as Indian Prime Minister Moody inspected his position with the Trump administration, who was described as "the exceptional leader" and "the very successful leader", Boosting this aside from the "right chemistry" that binds them together.

Moody did not forget the historical scene he lived in the United States, where tens of thousands of Indian community gathered at a sports stadium in Houston, Texas, about six months ago, in a rare gathering to celebrate and express their support for him, in a scene that was not enjoyed by a foreign leader visiting the United States. Including the Pope of the Vatican.

In order not to forget the American guest who previously lived with Moody at the moment of the celebration in Houston, hundreds of thousands of Indian citizens gathered on both sides of the road from Hyderabad Airport, the capital of Gujarat, Moody's birthplace and electoral stronghold, all the way to the cricket stadium in the city where another crowd gathered to listen To Moody and Trump.

A wall erected in haste to withhold the scenes of poverty, misery, disease and deprivation experienced by marginalized people in the poor neighborhoods of Ahmedabad from the eyes of the visitor, whose host does not want the eyes of his guest to fall on them, or infiltrate into his nose smells that disturb him or overlook his joy.

Hinduism is present
On both sides of the road, performances were also performed that included hundreds of musicians, dancers and dancers who wore colorful traditional clothes and performed dances with folk tunes and instruments, scenes that made Trump say boast at a later time that "seven million people were receiving me from the airport until I got here."

And "here", which means Trump, was the largest cricket stadium in the world, which was held in the city of Ahmedabad, which was specifically chosen to add more hospitality to the American visitor, as 125,000 Indian citizens gathered on the stadium, chanting and moody chanted with them several times "Namaste Trump", meaning "salute to Trump" In the language of the Gujrat people, and in other welcome phrases in the local language, it seemed closer to the electoral events, later tempting Trump by trying to chant it, but he erred in saying one of the names of the gods to Hindus.

And mitigating this error, Trump's tweet, written in Hindi, said, "America and India will strengthen their countries and enrich their people, and they will make the bigger dreamers bigger, and their futures brighter than ever. This is only the beginning," while Modi welcomed Trump's visit to " The largest democracy in the world. "

Hindu rituals were also present in the scene which was not without Hindu clergy performing their rituals carrying pictures of Trump and Modi. "Through the ritual of fire, we pray to God to bless America and India," said one of them, adding that he wanted to fight Trump and Modi "extremist Islam and the spread of terrorism."

In the city of Agra, Indian police forces in Al-Maqbae kept a visit to chase the monkeys in the areas that will be covered by Trump's tour, in order to protect the American visitor and his wife and his entourage, especially in the Taj Mahal in the city where hundreds of macaques live in the shrine that comes at the forefront of tourist attractions and that was built by King Orange Zip for his wife Shah Jehan in the seventeenth century AD.

Chinese obsession
Aside from the diplomatic rhetoric and the festive atmosphere, the visit concluded with the signing of three memoranda of understanding of the two countries for a three-billion-dollar defense deal, and Moody said that "India and the United States are determined to fight jointly against those who support terrorism."

In his words, Trump said, "We have agreed to cooperate in dealing with Islamic extremist terrorism and protecting our citizens. We are determined to eliminate terrorist operations on Pakistani soil."

Those notes appear to be directed at China, where Washington sees in New Delhi an Asian bulwark against China and a counterpower to the growing political and military influence of China in Asia.

Perhaps this explains why defense and strategic relations top the agenda of Trump's visit in exchange for commercial aspects, as Trump stressed that "the United States must be India's primary partner in the defense field, and this is what it seeks. Together we can defend our sovereignty and security and protect the Indian Pacific region." Free and open for our children and for future generations. "

Ignore and pay attention
Trump has ignored talk of the Kashmir issue, whose solution is a prerequisite in that region of southern Asia, as well as talk of practices and legislation that are discriminatory against Muslims such as the controversial nationality law. In part, this ignorance is due to Trump's seeking the votes of the four million-strong Indian community in the United States in this year's US presidential election.

The city of Houston, where Moody was celebrated six months ago, is a stronghold of Democrats in the Republican-dominated state of Texas and is the state's economic center and will be crucial to Trump's bid to be re-elected in 2020.

Opinion polls show lukewarm support by Indian-American voters, about 75 percent of whom voted for his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

Analysts point out that Trump's visit may also boost Modi's popularity at home at a time when the country is experiencing an economic slowdown and nationwide protests against the new citizenship law that provides for the rapid naturalization of some religious minorities born abroad of non-Muslims.

The new law conflicts with the secular constitution of India, which treats everyone equally regardless of their religion, and it represents a step toward the marginalization of the Muslim minority in India, which is the largest minority in the world.

It seems that the "common chemistry" between Trump and Modi was the one who missed democratic values ​​from these files, and they did not record a presence or a mention about them and they were not touched upon between the American president who was attracted by Hindu language, ceremonies and hospitality, and between the defeated Prime Minister of India is also in other files led by the situation The economic decline and growth rates that do not work with sectarian talk or populist practices.