How India prepared for Donald Trump's visit

In this photo taken on February 17, 2020, farmer Bussa Krishna (L), 33, offers special prayers to the statue of US President Donald Trump, at his residence in Jangaon district in Telangana state, some 120 kms from Hyderabad, ahead of the visit of US President Donald Trump to India. Die-hard Donald Trump fan Bussa Krishna celebrated the visit of his 'hero' to India the only way he knows how--offering prayers to a life-sized idol of the US President in his home.

Students painted on canvas faces of US President Donald Trump, his wife Melania (C), and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) in the street in Mumbai on February 21, 2020, ahead of the visit of US President in India.

In this photo taken on February 22, 2020, artist Sudarsan Pattnaik (L) bends near his sand sculpture representing US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania along with a message 'Welcome to India' written below the Taj Mahal, on Puri beach in India's eastern state of Odisha.

Workers planted and installed new flowers in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra on February 22, 2020, ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to India.

Security personnel patrol walked on a wall of the Mehtab Bagh, a garden complex lying north of the Taj Mahal in Agra on February 22, 2020, ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit in India. US President Donald Trump made his first official visit to India on February 24 and work had been going on around the clock to spruce things up--to the annoyance of some locals as well as monkeys.

Monkeys sat on roads and climbed walls in a residential area outside Taj Mahal on February 23, 2020 in Agra, India. Authorities had made elaborate security arrangements in the city ahead of US President Donald Trump and his familys visit to the iconic Taj Mahal, a  17th-century mausoleum built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan that draws millions of tourists from India and abroad annually. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is being specially spruced up for the occasion and authorities had even deployed five langurs in addition to over 120 security personal to tackle local monkeys who often prove to be a nuisance for visitors.

Workers placed a US national flag under a billboard displaying a picture of US President Donald Trump outside the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on February 23, 2020, in preparations ahead of  Trump's first official visit to India. Trade ties between the United States and India have long been problematic but under "America First" President Donald Trump and "Make in India" Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they have worsened. While eclipsed by his trade war with China, Trump's tussle with India, and New Delhi's prickly reaction, has made a major pact unlikely during the American President's visit to the world's fifth-largest economy from February 24.

Workers wash a road with water near Kheria Airport in Agra on February 23, 2020, ahead of US President Donald Trump's first official visit to India.

Hindu priests performed rituals during prayers organised by Hindu Sena, a far-right Hindu group,  seeking blessings from Gods to unite India and the United States of America against radical Islamic fanatics, in New Delhi on February 24, 2020, on the occasion of US President Donald Trump first official visit to India.

Indian school children wore masks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump and posed for a picture while shaking hands at Bright Academy school in Siliguri on February 24, 2020, on the occasion of Trump's first official visit to India.

US President Donald Trump speaking during 'Namaste Trump Rally' at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on February 24, 2020.