Modi video in Trump’s campaign ad

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Aiming to woo the influential Indian-American voters numbering over 2 million, the Trump campaign has released its first video commercial that has short clips from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches and US President Donald Trump's historic address in Ahmedabad.

Mr Modi and Mr Trump addressed a huge crowd in Ahmedabad during the US President’s visit to India in February this year. Mr Trump was also accompanied by his wife Melania, daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and top brass of his administration on his trip to India. “America enjoys a great relationship with India and our campaign enjoys great support from Indian-Americans!” Kimberly Guilfoyle, national chair of Trump Victory Finance Committee said in a tweet releasing the video commercial.

The President’s son Donald Trump Jr, who is leading the campaign and is well connected with the Indian-American community, also retweeted it as the commercial soon became viral on social media with over 66,000 views on Twitter in the first few hours.

Titled “Four More Years” the 107-second video starts with the iconic footage of Mr Modi and Mr Trump walking hand in hand at the NRG Stadium in Houston during the Prime Minister’s visit to the US last year wherein the leaders of the world’s two largest democracies made a joint address before a strong crowd of Indian-Americans numbering more than 50,000.

Amidst cheering of thousands of his supporters in the US, Mr Modi is seen as saying that Mr Trump “needs no introduction” and that “his name comes up in almost every conversation”.

Prime Minister Modi is highly popular among Indian-Americans.