During his Rajasthan visit, US Vice President JD Vance said America, like India, values its heritage and wants strong, respectful ties based on shared traditions.
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00:00I want to close with one last story or maybe a couple of stories. So, you know, my son Ewan is seven years old. He's our firstborn son. And yesterday after we had dinner at the prime minister's house, the food was so good and the prime minister was so kind to our three children that Ewan came up to me afterwards and he said, Dad, you know, I think maybe I could live in India.
00:30But I think after about 90 minutes in the Jaipur sun today at the Great Palace, he suggested that maybe we should move to England. So you take the good with the bad here.
00:41But I want to talk about Prime Minister Modi because I think he's a special person. I first met Prime Minister Modi at the AI Action Summit in February and we had a lot of important discussions on AI and other policies to prepare for.
00:54The Prime Minister also managed to figure out that my son Vivek was actually turning five years old on the trip. This was in Paris just a couple of months ago.
01:02So think about this. Amid a huge international policy conference, he took the time to stop by where I was staying, wish our second son Vivek a happy birthday and even bring him a gift.
01:14Usha and I were both genuinely touched by his graciousness. And we've been even more impressed by his warmth since we arrived in India.
01:22Now, it's interesting. Some of you may know that when you're a politician, your kids spend almost as much time in the limelight as you do.
01:30And the great things about kids is they're brutally honest. They're brutally honest with everybody, whether you want them to be or not.
01:37And our seven-year-old, our five-year-old and our three-year-old baby girl, Mirabelle, it's interesting.
01:42They have only really been, they've only really attached themselves to, they've only really liked, I should say, they've only really built a rapport with two world leaders.
01:53The first, first of course, is President Trump. He just has a certain energy about him. But Prime Minister Modi, it's the exact same thing.
02:02Our kids just like him. And I think that because kids are such good, strong of characters, I just like Prime Minister Modi too.
02:09And I think it's a great foundation for the future of our relationship.