Indian Prime Minister Modi takes page from Trump, says 'make India great again,' or 'MIGA'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan for his own nation during a news conference Thursday.

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands during a news conference in the East Room of the White House Thursday. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

"Borrowing an expression from America, our vision for a developed India is to make India great again, or MIGA," he said through a translator. "When America and India work together, that is, when it's MAGA plus MIGA, it becomes a mega partnership for prosperity.

"And it is this mega spirit that gives new scale and scope to our objectives." 

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"Anybody who enters another country illegally," Modi said, "they have absolutely no right to be in that country.

"And as far as India and the U.S. is concerned, we have always been of the same opinion. And that is that any verified Indian who is in the U.S. illegally, we are fully prepared to take them back to India."

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