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News & Current Events Apr 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM

India condemns Donald Trump remarks shared on Truth Social calling it a 'hellhole'

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Donald Trump: India condemns remarks shared on Truth Social calling it a 'hellhole'
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Donald Trump: India condemns remarks shared on Truth Social calling it a 'hellhole'
Trump shared a transcript of remarks made by podcaster Mark Savage, who criticised birthright citizenship in the US.
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myotheraccount2023 Apr 24, 2026 +514
And then no one wants to help you out in Iran and you can’t figure out why.
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omgitzvg Apr 24, 2026 +101
hot take - they shldnt have been there in the first place.
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Lonely-Implement3934 Apr 24, 2026 +1448
Remarkable diplomatic strategy calling a country of 1.4 billion people a hellhole right in the middle of trying to negotiate trade deals with them.
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adanishplz Apr 24, 2026 +484
Integral part of donald's *art of the deal*.
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throwawayname46 Apr 24, 2026 +168
Yes, it's called negging
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Kind_Singer_7744 Apr 24, 2026 +108
Apparently trump believes India is a teenaged girl.
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WeakCartographer7826 Apr 24, 2026 +85
Too old for him, he only negs 12 and under
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Facts_pls Apr 25, 2026 +6
And India is a few thousand years old
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raisin22 Apr 24, 2026 +26
This form of art is known colloquially as “garbáge.”
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King_Fisher99 Apr 24, 2026 +5
So ‘the garbage of the deal’?
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TiggersKnowBest Apr 24, 2026 +9
shart and then steal
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theMechannic Apr 24, 2026 +14
ar$€ of the deal
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Falcon674DR Apr 24, 2026 +115
This administration is fighting with Canada, UK, NATO, Spain, Iran, Denmark/Greenland, Cuba…who’d I miss?
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CyraxPT Apr 24, 2026 +130
The Pope!
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Upset_Otter Apr 25, 2026 +3
Mmmh strange. I'm not in the Crusader Kings 3 sub and yet someone is fighting the pope. At least this one didn't become a nudist...
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scorpyo72 Apr 24, 2026 +7
Technically the Vatican as it's- its own nation state .
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Sweet-Competition-15 Apr 24, 2026 +47
Don't forget that little island near Australia he tariffed, populated only by penguins.
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UmichAgnos Apr 24, 2026 +11
Imagine building a shack on the island and stationing an IRS agent there to tax the incoming catch of large flightless birds.
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fretkat Apr 24, 2026 +29
Venezuela
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BritishAnimator Apr 24, 2026 +35
Panama, China, Ukraine
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chaide123 Apr 24, 2026 +16
UK, France, Germany, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, My Granma
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Wayelder Apr 24, 2026 +14
no allies left to fight with. no enemies left to suck up to.
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queefymeister Apr 24, 2026 +31
America?
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fretkat Apr 24, 2026 +17
Unlike the rest of the world, the US can sit back and enjoy the deserved mess it voted for
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Aking1998 Apr 24, 2026 +7
Still not convinced the election was legitimate
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smltor Apr 24, 2026 +6
I am old as shit and don't feel like I am as crazy as when I was 20 and had some interesting ideas. But f*** me, what are you guys waiting for? Your entire standard of living is being destroyed. Seems crazy to me you'd be "oh but I have to wake up for my shift". The support for that guy that shot that insurance guy seems to indicate there is a crazy resistance growing but for some reason can't get off the ground. Probably why all the billionaires are building bunkers in NZ I guess. They see the slaughter coming.
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tiradium Apr 24, 2026 +11
Its own citizens
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Aking1998 Apr 24, 2026 +3
If only
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Rudeboy67 Apr 24, 2026 +6
South Korea Tiawan
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LeftLane4PassingOnly Apr 24, 2026 +9
Your history teacher if you think Finland has anything direct relationship to Greenland.
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Falcon674DR Apr 24, 2026 +6
Corrected. Thx.
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Venafib Apr 24, 2026 +6
Finland/Greenland wtf?!
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BritishAnimator Apr 24, 2026 +3
They are joined at the Quantum
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Falconflyer75 Apr 24, 2026 +3
I’d say about Half of their own country
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beklog Apr 24, 2026 +8
And healthcare, vaccine, science
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King_Fisher99 Apr 24, 2026 +2
Anyone and everyone but russia
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Rich_Housing971 Apr 25, 2026 +2
You forgot China, who was mentioned in the same tweet. Pretty big exception. How did you miss this one?
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Flyingworld123 Apr 24, 2026 +12
Not one but two because China was also in the same sentence.
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luredrive Apr 24, 2026 +11
Masterful gambit
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MentalDisintegrat1on Apr 24, 2026 +6
The art of the deal.
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Undoubtably_me Apr 24, 2026 +10
*No one knows more about diplomacy than me*
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putin_my_ass Apr 24, 2026 +5
While actively turning your own country into a hellhole.
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WeAreElectricity Apr 24, 2026 +3
It’s so he can keep the excuse that they “don’t like me”.
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taskforceslacker Apr 24, 2026 +5
*Diplomacy was never an option.*
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baggarbilla Apr 24, 2026 +2
Don't worry, a lot of Indians here in US would still vote for him/MAGA candidates by saying he wasn't talking about us. So unfortunate.
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Ferrymansobol Apr 25, 2026 +1
One of the worst strategic mistakes by the US/West in the cold war was not helping India vs China during the border wars in the early 60s. We sent thoughts and prayers, and the USSR sent miltary support to help. Guess who was a close ally of India for the next 50 or so years. And here we are again.
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hcornea Apr 24, 2026 +148
Welcome to the club, India.
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Psyko Apr 24, 2026 +91
The food just improved in this club, f****** great club
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rameshpawar4466 Apr 24, 2026 +15
We bringing some butter chicken with mango lassi.
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Ok_Salt_2304 Apr 24, 2026 +9
Vadapav
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Far_Map007 Apr 25, 2026 +3
Damn y’all never had Pav Bhaji, y’all been missing out,
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dhaliman Apr 25, 2026 +1
Welcome to the club? India was the founding member of this club. https://www.afr.com/world/asia/india-aghast-at-trump-s-dead-economy-jibe-25pc-tariffs-20250803-p5mjyn
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jradio Apr 24, 2026 +355
Trump would burn down his own country to be king of the ashes.
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Sweatytubesock Apr 24, 2026 +132
He’s in the process of doing just that now.
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Reno_valetore Apr 25, 2026 +3
Americans continue to do absolutely nothing about it. Next parade with slogans, on Saturday in few months will really show them this time
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Wayelder Apr 24, 2026 +63
psychopathy will do that. You can clearly see he has a mental issue with outcomes. He thinks nothing goes wrong and all his decisions are great. 1000s dead from USAid cuts, 1000's from American bombs in Gaza, unknown how many in Iran. He may also be considered, not only a sexual abuser of children, he might be a mass murderer. History will decide if he deserves that title.
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Meeedick Apr 25, 2026 +5
His literal first week in office lead to a plane crash killing dozens of people including several kids because he severely fucked with the FAA by downsizing an already overburdened staff.
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AgUnityDD Apr 24, 2026 +11
The estimated deaths from the USAID cuts is 14m in the next decade. For perspective the holocaust was 11M
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Lopsided-Engine-7456 Apr 25, 2026 +3
Can’t China and Europe step up to prevent those deaths? Europe is especially responsible given its worldwide colonial history.
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AgUnityDD Apr 25, 2026 +2
Many developed nations were doing more by % of GDP before the US decided to abandon the world. It takes years to increase budgets and the report on lancet that estimated 14M allowed for others to make up some of the shortfall. China does ~ 6x (more than everyone combined) but it is via belt and road which goes to very different sort of things
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nolok Apr 24, 2026 +19
What's hilariously telling is that he has so much insult to fling at every single other country or person, but then won't touch Putin or Russia in any way beside barely poking from a distance. At this point he better be compromised because other wise this is just the weirdest "I'm not gay" bromance ever.
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IncurableAdventurer Apr 24, 2026 +2
Oh dang that’s a good saying
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LocationThin4587 Apr 24, 2026 +253
Is there any country he has not alienated by now. That’s another 3 billion people combined (with China). So Sad how blatant racism is just the norm. How on earth does he even get one vote.
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realiDevil360 Apr 24, 2026 +163
Russia
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Famous__Draw Apr 24, 2026 +85
Trump's whole family will get asylum in Russia when truth eventually comes out (it already has but he is in power) .
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No-Pool-432 Apr 24, 2026 +28
Just make sure the elected republican officials that fail to hold this administration accountable are left feeling the sting of public resentment by not winning an election for at least a few decades. After all trump is powerless without the support of spineless jellyfish
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MoSO-BOT Apr 24, 2026 +11
what world do you live in? Why is it so hard to accept that trump has american elite's balls deep into his throat? Russia does what it needs, and they don't differentiate whetehr a democrat or republican clown is running the american circus. If anything is going to happen to trump in russia is him getting pegegd
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nolok Apr 24, 2026 +9
See, one thing in Europe we stopped believing in that. Because the US has shown they won't actually bother to prosecute them, and if they do they will exonerate them. It's not a thing we think, it's what was already done.
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higgsbison312 Apr 24, 2026 +19
Yah don’t take responsibility and just blame Russia, ignoring the fact that half of your country are idiots. Trump is an American. Other Americans voted for him. Twice. Russia my ass.
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PopeSaintHilarius Apr 24, 2026 +18
They’re not saying he’s Russian, they were answering the question: > Is there any country he has not alienated by now.
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realiDevil360 Apr 24, 2026 +5
Im from Switzerland and have been living here for 31 years
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SupaKoopa714 Apr 24, 2026 +6
> How on earth does he even get one vote. The blatant racism.
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Typical_Spray928 Apr 24, 2026 +6
As long as it isn't against arabs, he knows nothing is gonna happen to him or his country
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JarasM Apr 24, 2026 +3
I think he was on pretty good terms with North Korea.
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Marchello_E Apr 24, 2026 +54
We all know carefully created toe-walked treaties and agreements are paper thin... because that's usually all it takes to have some peace and quite. This guy comes along and thinks he's a strongman by kicking holes in Papier-mâché. Then he leaves and it's for others to fix. Yet the damage is done, and it will take decades. Trump. The greatest loser of all times.
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bodyguardguy Apr 24, 2026 +3
Great job, donny. Piss off the world’s most populated country and 6th largest economy, while you grovel at them to buy american products.
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ShakeMyHeadSadly Apr 24, 2026 +39
The man has no guardrails. He simply cannot shut up and must, at all times, be the center of attention.
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_Alex_42 Apr 24, 2026 +4
I was thinking now for some time that THIS particularly is one thing that will make a deal with Iran almost impossible. Sadly, pretty sure that whenever they get to something remotely close to an agreement, this c*** will just tweet another stupid thing to dismantle it.
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ShakeMyHeadSadly Apr 25, 2026 +2
I have to agree. He just never stops.
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dragon_idli Apr 25, 2026 +1
Not having guardrails is not a problem if the person is stable and good at heart by nature. Not having guardrails is a problem when the person is an assole by nature.
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walkin2it Apr 24, 2026 +312
To be fair... Donald Trump is turning the world into a hellhole. His country first. That guy is c***.
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Ropeleading Apr 24, 2026 +107
No single country should have as much world influence as usa does. And Trump just keeps proving it every day. Time to change things up
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walkin2it Apr 24, 2026 +55
As an Aussie, I really want CANZUK to become a thing.
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ZhenLegend Apr 24, 2026 +42
as an Aussie...i really want to avoid being call "Can Suck"....
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Mitchverr Apr 24, 2026 +18
It does have an implied meaning, but $20 is $20. (also, very pro CANZUK, get the gang back together)
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irealllylovepenguins Apr 24, 2026 +7
ZUKCAN! sounds encouraging (you CAN!) and kind of like a bird?
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kojimbob Apr 24, 2026 +4
Zuckerberg can
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irealllylovepenguins Apr 24, 2026 +10
Oh i dont like that get it off me! Bad touch!
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question12338338 Apr 24, 2026 +7
Excluding the non-white Commonwealth countries is a little Trump-esque though.
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walkin2it Apr 24, 2026 +3
It's the 5 eyes minus US. Name a "non-white" country that has voted in the same direction in the UN as much as those 4 and I'm happy to include them. Also... Which "non white" Commonwealth country do you think would actually want to join that?
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al_swedgen01 Apr 24, 2026 +3
Agreed but never going to happen. The current govt. Will ride out trump and as soon as hes gone, saddle up with the new administration, citing our "special " relationship. Also, as bad as AUKUS is and the uncertainty about whether anything will be delivered, no aus govt would have the balls to walk away, political suicide because too much has already been invested.
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kojimbob Apr 24, 2026 +2
Nope, you're getting China instead
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zookuki Apr 24, 2026 +48
Well, at least he didn't call it a shithole like South Africa. 😂 Honestly, I think he has a wheel in his office that he has to spin to choose the country and insult in any given moment. (Edit: typo)
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No_Intention_4244 Apr 24, 2026 +35
It is time for every country to ostracise him. Then he will be screaming at himself. Unfortunately, all our politicians can't wait to give him the next blow job.
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Constant-Tea3148 Apr 24, 2026 +30
Trump off making friends again I see
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nishitd Apr 24, 2026 +104
He calls our PM a "friend", by the way. This is how he treats "friends" and allies in Europe. Gee, I wonder how he treats his enemies
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river_idiot Apr 24, 2026 +90
He gets on his knees and swallows is how he treats his "enemies". Putin's cancerous d*** is permanently in his hole.
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No_Intention_4244 Apr 24, 2026 +14
Did you mean " ... in his mouth"
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river_idiot Apr 24, 2026 +31
Never seen a mouth with that much shit coming out of it so not exactly
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Nyoka_ya_Mpembe Apr 24, 2026 +18
How he treat his enemies? The entire world you mean?😏
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sabayoki Apr 24, 2026 +29
He changes his opinion by the hour. Dude belongs into the mental ward and nowhere else.
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No_Intention_4244 Apr 24, 2026 +10
They are fast-tracking a geriatric ward on the east wing of the White House.
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ApprehensiveCrab2434 Apr 24, 2026 +4
By begging them for a ceasefire?
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Much-Mess7627 Apr 24, 2026 +11
our PM calls him a friend. When sane people in India were warning right wingers of trump's consequences of supporting him, all the nationalists were so keen to see MIGA (Make India Great Again) come to execution. Now enjoy!
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samueltheboss2002 Apr 24, 2026 +5
Nobody, including the Americans knew he would flipflop and be insulting to this extent. His last term was beneficial for India to some extent while Biden's regime was a lukewarm period. Stop with this "deserve" bs. Nobody willingly did this just to get humiliated. Stop viewing this point from the lens of Americans.
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Much-Mess7627 Apr 24, 2026 +4
Not even Americans, wdym, the entire internet, news channels channels were talking about the elections and people were warning because of his over-narcissist and rude behaviour, weren't right wing people celebrating his winning and supporting him to the core.
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Nerevarine91 Apr 24, 2026 +4
There’s nobody Trump loves more than America’s enemies. Nothing but kind words for Putin
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FrozenToonies Apr 24, 2026 +25
He didn’t say shithole like describing other countries, so that’s almost halfway to a compliment from him.
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Mammoth-Currency-350 Apr 24, 2026 +33
He's got mad cow disease.
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Inimicus33 Apr 24, 2026 +24
So that's why he has beef with everyone
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Priyotosh1234 Apr 24, 2026 +19
Currently it's 45° everyday I'm burning alive here, indeed it is a hellhole. /S
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Far_Map007 Apr 25, 2026 +1
It’s can be hell but is not a hellhole. 
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ReddFro Apr 24, 2026 +3
Probably saw something like Slumdog Millionaire, remembers the shit wading scene and figures that’s what India looks like.
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K1ngofnoth1ng Apr 24, 2026 +13
To Trump, any place where the majority of the population isn’t white is “a hellhole”. Meanwhile, here in America a large portion of the population can’t afford healthcare(if they can afford housing at all), mass shootings are a common occurrence, we have the most incarcerated citizens in the world, and is being run by reality tv hosts and podcasters who are clearly using their positions to enrich themselves and pay for their gilded future on the taxpayer dime.
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Medium-Persimmon-795 Apr 24, 2026 +2
To be fair thats what many white people think if they are honest. Trump says it out loud . Just look at world news post when talking about an african country or India . Full of contempt. Their lives dont matter to a lot of people .
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CMGCookie Apr 24, 2026 +4
Did our president just call India a "hellhole"? Ouch. You know MAGAts. You may think this is funny. But if your cult pubba does in fact start WW3, that's not going to work out too well for ya.
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dhaliman Apr 24, 2026 +2
What more can you expect from a abhorrent person who’s let ICE run wild on their own people?
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r0bb3dzombie Apr 24, 2026 +15
He's not wrong, he's just an a******.
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sol-4 Apr 24, 2026 +7
One of the things I keep telling my people is that the rabid right *and* the left in the US are both racist toward us. A proper hellhole, if you will. Your comment is a good example.
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Azidamadjida Apr 24, 2026 +1
Some of the only times I’ve seen grown men cry was Indian friends and acquaintances at college when they found out their visas were expiring and would have to return to India
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kishorecmgb Apr 24, 2026 +14
It's not that bad . But maybe because I have never experienced  life abroad I wouldn't know. But I'll live , I have seen pics of my ancestors with just bare skin and bones with nothing to eat, just withering away. Trust me I'll live.
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confused_manishi Apr 24, 2026 +3
That feels like an overreaction. Maybe they had some loan to clear up before they leave.
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Far_Map007 Apr 25, 2026 +2
If I were tell you your visa is getting cancelled in a country you’ve been living for years, you would be laughing and celebrating instead?
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Mockturtle22 Apr 24, 2026 +5
So is he gonna go after India now.
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Abject_Addition639 Apr 25, 2026 +2
Only Indians have the right to call it whatever they want to call it.
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addctd2badideas Apr 24, 2026 +5
My 6-year-old daughter has more impulse control than this jabroni.
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thisisthetruthithink Apr 24, 2026 +7
I'm Indian, so I can answer for this a bit. To start with, I don't like Trump, but sometimes he does spit the truth. You may deny or shut me up, but his point about India is valid to some extent. The whole country is filled with garbage, corruption, poverty, greed, rotten to the core that no institute or reforms can fix it. Millions of young people, including myself, dream of getting out of the country for better opportunities and a decent and respected life. A lot of us are really hard working, but the political structure and what it yielded has made my country, a hellhole.
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thisisa_fake_account Apr 24, 2026 +26
You can call your country a hellhole, and you might be right. Who is he to comment on other countries. Do you get that?
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wronglyzorro Apr 24, 2026 +25
This is an insanely funny comment on a platform filled with people non stop shitting on the US
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SlaBLister Apr 25, 2026 +3
You realize that half of listnook is American, right? I can guarantee that most of them are Americans. 
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pacman2081 Apr 24, 2026 +4
There is freedom of speech in USA. Granted, it is undiplomatic remark from POTUS. It is not entirely false or misleading.
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Nofanta Apr 24, 2026 +7
Anyone can comment on anything. Whatever you think there is to get isn’t a thing.
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sol-4 Apr 24, 2026 +8
There is an entire sub dedicated for people like you lmao
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samueltheboss2002 Apr 24, 2026 +1
[ Removed by Listnook ]
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ranaadnanm Apr 25, 2026 +1
I understand your point, but it's no justification for him being an ass, and normalising racism. Funny he never calls Russia or North Korea a hell hole. I wonder why...
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jukogami Apr 24, 2026 +1
he is insane
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DifficultHouse4976 Apr 24, 2026 +1
Rarely he speaks truth. It is one such occasion.
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SlaBLister Apr 25, 2026 +3
I think you misread that. he said "india", not europe
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Traditional_Money305 Apr 24, 2026 +2
Yet there are Indians willing to pay money to listen to Trump at an upcoming scheduled event. Even though he just insulted their country, because they believe Trump will give some of his money to them...
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Strange-Salt720 Apr 24, 2026 -4
Indias economy is growing substantially compared to most of the world. Let's see what these people say about India in 10 years.
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Rich_Housing971 Apr 25, 2026 +2
Superpower by 2030.
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rameshpawar4466 Apr 24, 2026 +2
Will trump still be alive after 10 years?
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ihaveabs Apr 24, 2026 -8
Truth hurts
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Zhelthan Apr 24, 2026 +1
So when his deal is going to favor India he will claim victory
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sweety_b Apr 24, 2026 +1
Just ignoring his statements like this annoying fly on the wall.. :) I mean what did you expect?
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Weird-Hovercraft-689 Apr 24, 2026 +1
Heavy main character syndrome this guy
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blackmobius Apr 24, 2026 +1
Trump has been calling over half the planet a hell hole, publicly, for a long time. Why are people surprised by this?
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habitual_citizen Apr 24, 2026 +1
The Art of Making Friends
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Actual-Height-7308 Apr 25, 2026 +1
They could redirect that energy into making it less of a hellhole. This is coming from an Indian.
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Upstairs_Eagle_4780 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Headline made me LOL, NGL
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rickie-ramjet Apr 25, 2026 +1
Everyone I know who has visited, or has moved from there…. has said basically the same thing… so there was no need to say it out loud.
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