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Trump Talks of Defending US-India Sovereignty, Announces $3 Billion Defense Deal
The Epch Times ^ | 02/24/20

Posted on 02/24/2020 8:24:01 AM PST by Liberty7732

In a speech delivered to crowds at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad city upon his arrival in India, Trump talked about India and the United States defending their “sovereignty and security” together and announced that the two nations would sign a defense deal worth $3 billion on Feb. 25.

Addressing a cheering crowd of over 100,000 people, Trump said on Monday: “I am pleased to announce that tomorrow our representatives will sign deals to sell over $3 billion in the absolute finest, state-of-the-art military helicopters and other equipment to the Indian armed forces.”

Experts told The Epoch Times that the defense deal is important for the India-U.S. relationship and for the United State’s geopolitical strategy in the Indo-pacific.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


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1 posted on 02/24/2020 8:24:01 AM PST by Liberty7732
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To: Liberty7732

India has been a Rooskie client state for decades.


2 posted on 02/24/2020 8:36:14 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Liberty7732

How many Indians do we have to take with the deal?


3 posted on 02/24/2020 8:45:13 AM PST by dljordan
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To: Liberty7732

As long as they freely use them on Pakistan, I’m good :-)


4 posted on 02/24/2020 8:45:35 AM PST by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: Liberty7732

Yikes, India gets $3 billion and more H1-B visas? Our citizen kids who are in STEM courses will never get hired for IT.


5 posted on 02/24/2020 9:13:38 AM PST by RicocheT (Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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Yikes, India gets $3 billion

That would be the US getting $3 billion - India is going to spend that much on buying US helicopters and other military equipment. It's a good thing for us.
6 posted on 02/24/2020 10:07:46 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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