'Trump has said India a great country': US in firefight mode after president's 'hellhole' remark

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump connected Thursday described India arsenic a “great country,” a remark that drew attraction arsenic it came conscionable hours aft helium reshared a societal media station with anti-immigration rhetoric referring to India and China arsenic “hell holes.

”The clarification was conveyed by the US Embassy successful New Delhi, with spokesperson Christopher Elm confirming MAGA supremo's affirmative remarks.According to IANS, the spokesperson quoted Trump arsenic saying, “India is simply a large state with a precise bully person of excavation astatine the top.”Meanwhile, India has besides responded connected Trump's "hell-hole" station arsenic MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We person seen immoderate reports. That’s wherever I permission it.”The effect from the US broadside comes amid backlash implicit a repost connected Truth Social by Trump, who has connected aggregate occasions referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi arsenic a “great friend.”The arguable post, which criticised migration into the United States, referenced countries including India and China successful derogatory terms, triggering governmental criticism. "A babe present becomes an instant citizen, and past they bring the full household successful from China oregon India oregon immoderate different hellhole connected the planet.

You don't person to spell excessively acold to spot that. English is not spoken present anymore. That there's astir nary loyalty to this state amongst the migrant people coming successful today, which was not ever the case," it read.It further alleged systemic bias successful employment and migration systems: “You person to beryllium from India oregon China due to the fact that astir each the interior mechanisms are acceptable up to tally by Indians and Chinese.” The station besides claimed that the integration seen successful earlier waves of European migration “is agelong over,” arguing that the United States has shifted from a “melting pot” to a “cash successful pot”.