Not an actual suit and tie - but an apparent change from Wardrobe. I'm assuming that 'open collar black shirt, with black pants' tested well with Whitehall focus groups.
Sounds like you and your typical aliens exist but COVID doesn't "Conspiracy Theory" argument, like you like to make... Did he unleash the CIA's Jihadists on Kashmir, while visiting India, too? Or does the CIA time these things to coincide with his visits?