Foreign ministry says remarks of conservative podcast host Michael Savage that were shared by US president were ‘obviously 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.

  • Wutchilli@feddit.orgEnglish
    5310·
    17 hours ago

    Allways remember that the USA was the only a place the top gear crew was physically assaulted and hunted

    Edit: i stand corrected

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      19 hours ago

      Top Gear” cast, crew attacked in Argentina:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMiUUkmV5cA

      From Google search:

      In 2014, the Top Gear crew, including Jeremy Clarkson, was chased out of Argentina by angry locals throwing rocks, following outrage over a Porsche license plate (H982 FKL) deemed to mock the 1982 Falklands War

      I wouldn’t be surprised, Clarkson is the kind of asshole that would do exactly such a thing.

    • 13igTyme@piefed.socialEnglish
      316·
      23 hours ago

      Guess you never saw the Argentina special.

      Or the Saudi Arabia one.

      Or the India.

      Or Vietnam.

      Or Burma.

      Or Albania.

      • Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish
        151·
        20 hours ago

        I don’t remember them being hunted in the India or Vietnam episodes. The other ones I don’t think I have seen, but considering the false claims of those two, I am beginning to doubt the veracity of your comment.

        • 13igTyme@piefed.socialEnglish
          31·
          11 hours ago

          They weren’t hunted, but they were attacked in Vietnam and India.

          Maybe you should watch them all. You can not believe if you want, but it just makes you look like an idiot. If you go around telling people nothing happened in Argentina people will think you are fucking clueless.