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Washington Post: What does Trump get out of appearing with Modi and appealing to Indian Americans, a group that largely disapproves of him?

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Washington Post - President Trump — and his views on immigration, Muslims and foreign affairs — isn’t popular with Indian Americans. That’s not likely to change much, so why did Trump travel to Houston over the weekend to appear with the recently reelected Indian prime minister before thousands of them?

More than 80 percent of Indian Americans voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, according to an analysis by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. And according to the Asian American Voter Survey, Trump’s approval rating was 28 percent with Indian Americans registered to vote in 2018…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/24/what-does-trump-get-out-appearing-with-modi-appealing-indian-americans-group-that-largely-disapproves-him/