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India condemned Donald Trump's repost of a remark labeling the country a 'hellhole,' calling it inappropriate and uninformed. The comment originated from conservative radio host Michael Savage and does not reflect the India-US relationship.
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Comments shared by United States President Donald Trump referring to India as a “hellhole” were “in poor taste” and at odds with the countries’ relationship, an Indian official has said.
Trump did not make the remark himself, but reposted it without comment on his Truth Social account on Thursday. The statement came from conservative radio host Michael Savage.
Criticising US birthright citizenship – which Trump has sought to restrict – Savage said, “A baby here becomes an instant citizen, and then they bring the entire family in from China or India or some other hellhole on the planet.”
Reacting late on Thursday, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the remark was “obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste”.
The comments “certainly do not reflect the reality of the India-US relationship, which has long been based on mutual respect and shared interests”, Jaiswal added.
The US Embassy in New Delhi said, “The president has said ‘India is a great country with a very good friend of mine at the top’.”
China’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately comment on the matter.
India’s main opposition Congress party called the “hellhole” remark “extremely insulting and anti-India. It hurts every Indian”.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take up this matter with the US President and register a strong objection,” the party said on X.
Indian government data shows nearly 5.5 million people of Indian origin live in the US. Indian Americans and Chinese Americans are the biggest groups of Asian origin in the US.
Savage’s comment, shared by Trump, continued: “There’s almost no loyalty to this country amongst the immigrant class coming in today, which was not always the case. No, they’re not like the European Americans of today and their ancestors.”
Trump and Modi enjoyed warm ties during Trump’s first term, but relations cooled after India was hit last year with some of the highest US tariffs, many of which were rolled back this year.
India and the US are now working on a trade deal aimed at preventing any renewed tariff increases and boosting sales to each other.
Trump has repeatedly used insulting language to refer to foreign nations and immigrant communities, including recently calling Somali immigrants “garbage”.
In 2018, Trump made global headlines for referring to El Salvador, Haiti and African nations as “s**thole countries”.
Donald Trump reposted a comment referring to India as a 'hellhole' from conservative radio host Michael Savage on his Truth Social account.
India's Foreign Ministry spokesperson described the remark as 'uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste,' emphasizing that it does not reflect the India-US relationship.
The 'hellhole' comment about India was originally made by conservative radio host Michael Savage.

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