50,000 people. That is how many folks are expected to show up this weekend at a Houston football stadium

to listen to President Trump speak. It is going to be packed to the rafters,

but the audience is going to look a little bit different. These aren't going to be 50,000

ordinary Texans. These are going to be 50,000 raving, screaming, shouting, Indian Americans in Houston,

Texas.

Milan Vaishnav is from Houston. He works in Washington now at the Carnegie Endowment for

International Peace. President Trump is sort of crashing this party that's being thrown

for Narendra Modi, who's the prime minister of India. So the two of them are going to be

sharing the stage together this Sunday, September 22nd.

Milan, have you ever been to a Modi rally?

I have been to a Modi rally in India and it is quite a scene of, you know, in India getting a

crowd of 50,000 people is like, you know, having a little school assembly, right? So,

50,000 people, you know, in a football stadium for a foreign leader is something all together,

quite different.

I mean, I read one article that was talking about the preparation for this and how everyone's

just trying to think like, okay, who speaks first and how long because prime minister Modi can

speak for 90 minutes and so can Trump. That's right. And prime minister Modi can speak for 90 minutes

in perfect sentences without referring to a sheet of notes. He's done this before and he has

a reputation for being something of a showman, right?

When prime minister Modi had a rally in the US five years ago, he filled up Madison Square

Garden. Modi walked onto the stage with his hands clasped in front of him as if he was praying.

Senator Chuck Schumer is right by his side. The crowd was chanting his name.

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