Foreign ministry calls remarks of rightwing podcast host shared by Trump ‘uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste’

India on Thursday criticised as inappropriate a post by Donald Trump in which he shared comments that called the South Asian country a “hellhole”.

The inflammatory post on Truth Social comes ahead of a planned visit next month to India by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, who is seeking to ease recent tensions between the normally friendly powers.

On Wednesday Trump posted a 4-page screed – apparently a transcription of remarks from conservative podcast host Michael Savage – that denounced the US constitutional right to citizenship of everyone born in the country.

Without evidence, the post accused Indian immigrants in the tech industry of not hiring white native-born Americans and inaccurately alleged that Indian immigrants lack English proficiency. Trump also posted a video of Savage delivering those comments to his podcast audience.

  • Holytimes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 days ago

    America for the most part on a day to day basis hasn’t really changed at all.

    Its mostly our politics, and largest city that have experienced the most change. But you go to any rural area and it’s exactly as racist or nice or pretty or shitty as it was 20+ years ago.

    America does really well as insulating it self from it self. Covid had more impact on daily life then anything trump has done generally speaking. While the expections to that are absolutely truly massive single points tho. Like truely massive.

    So it’s a weird problem.