Donald Trump amplified a conservative commentator's remarks on social media, describing India and China as "hellholes" in a discussion about ending birthright citizenship in the US. The amplified comments included claims that English is no longer widely spoken in the US and that hiring in California's tech sector favours people from India and China over white Americans.

India's foreign ministry condemned the comments as "uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste," while US lawmakers and advocacy groups also criticized the remarks as offensive and racist. The White House defended Trump's post, stating he was "calling out the scam of unfettered birthright citizenship," a right Trump has repeatedly sought to end or narrow.

Why Trump is facing a huge backlash in India and China

The controversy comes ahead of a planned visit to India by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, aiming to ease recent strains in relations between the two countries.

He has already alienated all the "old" US allies and now he is killing off the potential new ones!

What an idiot!

Well serves the world right for bootlicking America for decades. Not to forget that Trump is only very clumsily saying out loud, what many think deep inside themselves. Global talents should have long before turned to other nations in Europe or elsewhere to developp their knowledge and skills.

Same mistakes with Dubai, UAE and other gulf nations. Much of the global investments have chosen the gulf region in the past to developp. But now they see that it was an utter mistake. Such tensions can arise in the future against the Gulf Nations and much of america's absolute war superiority has much been exagerated, a bit like for Russia.

Investors would need to turn to other more peaceful nations in western Europe that are tax friendly, safe and with stable and neutral political governance. Places like Switzerland, Luxemburg for instance...