India’s Foreign Ministry says comments by US radio host Michael Savage, circulated by Trump, are ‘uninformed’. Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026Comments 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.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listCriticising 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.‘Hurts every Indian’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. Advertisement 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 …
