--- title: Trump Leaves Out Hindus in Diwali Tweet description: It took President Donald Trump three tries before he recognized Hindus in a White House celebration of Diwali. canonical: https://time.com/5453718/trump-diwali-tweet-no-hindus/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-13T21:53:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T22:02:02.387Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Leaves Out Hindus in Diwali Tweets og:description: It took President Donald Trump three tries before he recognized Hindus in a White House celebration of Diwali. og:url: https://time.com/5453718/trump-diwali-tweet-no-hindus/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd160f17d7529c7b/69893f0622fb85e49de27281/trump-diwali-hindus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5962 og:image:height: 3354 og:image:alt: President Trump Attends Diwali Ceremonial Lighting AT The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Leaves Out Hindus in Diwali Tweets twitter:description: It took President Donald Trump three tries before he recognized Hindus in a White House celebration of Diwali. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd160f17d7529c7b/69893f0622fb85e49de27281/trump-diwali-hindus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Leaves Out Hindus in Diwali Tweets > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 13, 2018 9:53 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump (L) lights a diya as Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Navtej Singh Sarna (R) looks on during a Diwali ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House November 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump (L) lights a diya as Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Navtej Singh Sarna (R) looks on during a Diwali ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House November 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 13, 2018 9:53 PM UTC It took President Donald Trump three tries before he recognized Hindus in a White House celebration of Diwali on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted: “Today, we gathered for Diwali, a holiday observed by Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains throughout the United States & around the world.” As people online pointed out that he glaringly omitted Hindus — a billion people throughout the world for whom Diwali is a major holiday — the tweet was deleted, only to be replaced by a second one that again left out Hindus. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1062450942707228672) While Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains do observe Diwali, Hindus are among the largest religious group to celebrate the holiday. More than 2 million people in the U.S. identify as Hindu, according to [Pew](http://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projection-table/2020/number/North%5FAmerica/), which projects there will be about 2.5 million Hindus by 2020. In a followup tweet, Trump said it was “my great honor to host a celebration of Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1062455263247155200) Trump initial omission of Hindus sparked some concern online. > [](https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1062454554854375428) > [](https://twitter.com/thesharma21/status/1062460104644222976) > [](https://twitter.com/IMishamodi/status/1062459979771326464) > [](https://twitter.com/sohnianika/status/1062459965732982787) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5453718/trump-diwali-tweet-no-hindus/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5453718/trump-diwali-tweet-no-hindus/"},"headline":"President Trump Leaves Out Hindus in Diwali Tweets","datePublished":"2018-11-13T21:53:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:02:02.387Z","description":"It took President Donald Trump three tries before he recognized Hindus in a White House celebration of Diwali.","url":"https://time.com/5453718/trump-diwali-tweet-no-hindus/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd160f17d7529c7b/69893f0622fb85e49de27281/trump-diwali-hindus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd160f17d7529c7b/69893f0622fb85e49de27281/trump-diwali-hindus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Attends Diwali Ceremonial Lighting AT The White House","caption":"President Trump Attends Diwali Ceremonial Lighting AT The White House","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5453718/trump-diwali-tweet-no-hindus/","name":"President Trump Leaves Out Hindus in Diwali Tweets"}}]}] ```