CLEVELAND, OHIO: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich on Tuesday said Republican Party nominee Donald Trump, as an entrepreneur, is a “natural partner” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Gingrich, likely to land a senior position in a Trump administration, referred to Modi’s stint in Gujarat to make that point — “creating jobs and developing free enterprises”.
He was addressing a news briefing hosted by the Republican Hindu Committee along with its founder Shalli Kumar, a Chicago businessman. The former speaker supports the organisation.
Later, acknowledging Modi and Trump were two different people – one was a career politician and the other a career businessman – Gingrich doubled down on them being “natural partners”.
Modi was a career politician who was the most successful advocate of free enterprise in India, he said pointing to his stint in Gujarat and efforts in Delhi, where he is cutting red tape and bureaucracy.