Trump, Melania pay homage to Gandhi at Rajghat

United States President Donald Trump and his wife Melania on Tuesday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at the memorial of India's Father of the Nation at Rajghat in the nation’s capital.

The US president and the first lady laid a wreath and paid floral tributes at Rajghat.

The Trumps reached Rajghat after a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Trump also signed the visitor's book at Rajghat, and the couple also planted a sapling at the memorial.

Union minister Hardeep Puri accompanied the Trumps to Rajghat.

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday stressed that the Americans stand strongly with a sovereign and wonderful India, which he said was a vision of "great" Mahatma Gandhi.

In his message in the visitor's book after paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, the US president wrote: "The American people stand strongly with a sovereign and wonderful India - the vision of the great Mahatma Gandhi. This is a tremendous honor!"

• NAMASTE TRUMP