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add another group to the list of people who won<u+2019>t be voting for donald trump. oh, a few of them might but after they see this ad for trump, i<u+2019>m betting the majority will laugh and vote for hillary clinton. 




earlier in the month, trump attended a bollywood concert for charity. it was organized by the republican hindu coalition, a group that was founded by a rich indian-american named shalli kumar, who is looking to be the hindu sheldon adelson. the indian community is heavily democratic so good luck with that. 




trump came to the event, lit the diya <u+2014> it<u+2019>s doubtful that he had any idea what it was <u+2014> and then spoke. he pandered told the attendees that <u+201c>the indian and hindu community will have a true friend in the white house,<u+201d> promising they will <u+201c>defeat radical islamic terrorism.<u+201d> 




this inspired kumar to make an ad which will be playing 20 times a day on indian-american channels. he refused to say how much it cost the campaign to buy that much time but we can guess that mr. kumar is helping foot the bill. he previously has given almost $1 million to a fundraising committee which benefited both trump and the rnc. 




there is a lot to laugh about in the ad, bt trump<u+2019>s inability to pronounce hindi words takes teh cake. it is such an obvious bit of pandering, even for him. 




the ad starts with a wish for a happy diwali , a holiday i am certain trump is ignorant of. the cut to trump<u+2019>s orange face is a bit jarring after the pretty lights and flowers. 




kumar wanted to draw a similarity between trump and indian prime minister narendra modi. the pm<u+2019>s campaign had used a clever catchphrase which loosely translates to <u+201c>this time a modi government.<u+201d> kumar wanted trump to replace modi<u+2019>s name with his own. in hindi, that is <u+201c>ab ki baar trump sarkar.<u+201d> don<u+2019>t get ahead of me, now. 




in the ad, which uses footage of trumps speech at the charity concert, a 2008 photo of the hotel which was attacked by islamic militants in mumbai gives way to a picture of pm modi. then back to trump who tries to speak the short hindi phrase. it<u+2019>s something one must see to believe. 




make sure you aren<u+2019>t drinking anything as you may endanger your computer. 




<u+201c>approved by donald trump?<u+201d> well, i guess so. this ad is not just pandering, it is awful. i hope the indian american community laugh this off and then go vote against this man who only shows interest in their culture when it might get him votes. 




oh, and happy diwali! may the light burn away any bad times and welcome the good. 




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