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President or luxury towers: Either way, Donald Trump is the rage in India

The Trump Organization gets a cut of the sales, with payments increasing if the units sell above market rates

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US President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House

Maria Abi-Habib & Eric Lipton | NYT
When the Trump family jet lands in India this week, the family member taking a tour of the world’s largest democracy — with a Secret Service detail in tow — won’t be the president on a diplomatic mission. It will be his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., on a sales trip.
 
But Indians might be forgiven for not making much of the distinction.
 
The visit by the younger Mr. Trump, intended to help sell more than $1 billion in luxury residential units being built by the Trumps and their local partners, has been promoted with newspaper advertisements that