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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.

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I visited India in November. The only things I liked were the sights, like Charminar, Golkonda Fort, loved it.

Every fucking thing else, and I mean everything was awful. The air was bad, trash choking literally every waterway, stray cows, dogs, cats, sifting through trash for food, the drivers — holy shit street lights are not suggestions guys. First hotel I stayed in literally had rats fighting in the walls.

Food was good, until it made me so violently ill I had to call the trip off. People were very friendly, actually I should mention this — I didn't have any bad experiences with the people (aside from the conditions they live in). Literally all of them tried to scam me though, like literally every single vendor that did not have fixed pricing.

All of this to say, fuck India I'm never going back — at least not while Modhi is still killing climate protestors.

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

like literally every single vendor that did not have fixed pricing.

There's no such thing as a fixed price on the streets of India. You've gotta understand that that society is still essentially stuck in medieval times. That means no tax on most things, but also that he who haggles the best can get the biggest discount.

Oddly enough, the absence of a fixed price is a concept Western corporations are trying to bring back.