India rebukes Trump for sharing ‘hellhole’ remarks on birthright citizenship

India has dismissed as “uninformed” comments shared by US President Donald Trump that described the country as a "hellhole", saying they were inappropriate and inconsistent with the strong relationship between the two countries. The comments were made by conservative commentator Michael Savage in an episode of The Savage Nation talk radio show. Trump posted a transcript of the show on his Truth Social account on Thursday without any comments. "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," Savage ⁠said, according to the transcript. "That 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 has issued a directive seeking to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a move that has been challenged in the US Supreme Court. Earlier this month, he attended a hearing on the issue in a historic visit to the court. Indian government data shows nearly 5.5 million people of Indian origin live in the United States. Indian Americans and ⁠Chinese Americans are the two biggest groups of Asian origin in the US 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 tra