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India slams Trump’s ‘hellhole’ repost as ‘uninformed’ and ‘in poor taste’

India slams Trump’s ‘hellhole’ repost as ‘uninformed’ and ‘in poor taste’

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): India issued a sharp rebuke on Thursday, April 23, 2026, describing a social media repost by US President Donald Trump as “uninformed, inappropriate, and in poor taste.” The controversy erupted after Trump shared a transcript and video from conservative radio host Michael Savage, which referred to India and China as “hellholes” and described Indian and Chinese immigrants as “gangsters with laptops.” The remarks were made in the context of Savage’s critique of birthright citizenship laws in the United States. He argued that the current legal system allows immigrants to exploit a loophole by arriving in their…
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