Trump views India as another state to turn red on his 2020 campaign trail

Donald Trump made headlines this week while touring India alongside prime minister and “true friend” Narendra Modi, with plenty of fanfare, botched speeches, and questionable broccoli samosas along the way.

But this was not just a diplomatic trip for Trump, who made a visible appearance at the Howdy Modi rally held by the Indian diaspora in Houston, Texas, last year. Nor was it solely a display of solidarity with Modi and his far-right administration at a time when India is erupting in protest and sectarian violence centered around an ongoing...