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Modi wishes Trump quick recovery from coronavirus
Trump, 74, first announced on Twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump, 50, had tested positive for the virus.
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US First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave at the crowd during 'Namaste Trump Rally' at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on February 24, 2020.
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ndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Donald Trump a quick recovery on Friday after the US president revealed he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
"Wishing my friend @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS a quick recovery and good health," Modi said on Twitter.
Trump, 74, first announced on Twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump, 50, had tested positive for the virus.
"We will get through this TOGETHER!" Trump wrote.
The Indian and US leaders appear to enjoy warm relations, with Modi hosting Trump at a huge US-style rally in his home state of Gujarat in February.
In September 2019 Trump and the Indian premier attended a similar event in Houston, Texas dubbed "Howdy Modi" in front of a huge crowd of Indian Americans.
Trump first announced on Twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump, 50, had tested positive for the virus.
"We will get through this TOGETHER!" he wrote.
The extraordinary setback for Trump had immediate political consequences just 31 days before election day, forcing him to cancel campaign trips and adding new volatility to a contest already steeped in tension.
Trump's challenger, Democrat Joe Biden, is well ahead in the polls and has made criticism of the Republican's handling of the coronavirus -- and frequent downplaying of the pandemic's seriousness -- a key issue.
Trump, in response, has been betting on an evermore aggressive schedule of campaign rallies around the country. The events, which he says prove his true political strength, bring together thousands of people, often without masks and sometimes in contravention of local rules.
That strategy is now in doubt, with the White House immediately canceling a planned campaign rally in the crucial swing state of Florida later Friday.
It looked certain that Trump would have to cancel a trip scheduled for this weekend in Wisconsin, another battleground. He had also been expected to travel frequently next week, including longer distances to western states.
