Trump Speaks Hindi In New Campaign Ad [VIDEO]

The BBC reports:

US presidential candidate Donald Trump is speaking a little bit of Hindi in his latest campaign video as he attempts to woo Indian-American voters. He is appropriating Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popular campaign slogan “Abki bar Modi sarkar” (“This time Modi government”).

However, if the reaction of Indians in Delhi is anything to go by, Mr Trump still has some work to do. As the BBC’s Vikas Pandey found out in a quick survey on the streets of the Indian capital, no one was very impressed.

Shailesh Yadav said he felt disgusted after watching the video because “Mr Trump seemed to be addressing only Hindus through the video”. “How could he just assume that Hindus means India? We are a plural country, Mr Trump. Muslims, Sikhs and Christians also live in this country.” he said. Mr Yadav added that he was hoping that “Americans will be smart enough to not vote this guy into power”.

Law student Aparimita Pratap’s reaction after watching the video was that Mr Trump “has already lost the election and no video is going to save him”. “He can’t win in a million years. If he thinks that just speaking a few words in Hindi will get him the votes of Indian-Americans or win him fans here [in India], he is so horribly wrong,” she said.

According to the 2010 Census there are about 3.4M Indian-Americans.