Trump shares letter calling India and China ‘hellholes’

The US president has reposted a podcaster’s message describing immigrants from the two countries as gangsters with laptops

US President Donald Trump has shared a letter deriding India and China as “hellholes.”

Trump reposted the letter from former radio host Michael Savage’s podcast Savage Nation on Truth Social on Wednesday.

The post was a criticism of the US birthright citizenship laws, which referred to India, China and other countries as “hellholes” while fiercely advocating changes to American policy regarding nationality.

“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,” the letter said.

It charged that these immigrants have done more damage to “this nation than all the mafia families put together.”

It added, “In my un-humble opinion. Gangsters with laptops. They’ve robbed us, blind, treated us like second-class citizens, let the turd world triumph, stepped on our flag, et cetera.”

The letter also said that “white men need not apply” for jobs, and alleged unsubstantiated bias in internal hiring mechanisms, claiming they are “run by Indians and Chinese.”

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Trump had signed an executive order on January 20, 2025, seeking to limit birthright citizenship for certain children born in the US, prompting lawsuits that remain pending.

The order directs federal agencies to deny citizenship to children born on US soil if neither parent is an American citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

The controversial repost by Trump comes a day after he falsely claimed in an interview with CNBC that “no country in the world” offers birthright citizenship other than the US.

Canada and most Latin American nations provide birthright citizenship.

The US president recently courted controversy after posting and later deleting an AI‑generated image of himself depicted as Jesus on Truth Social, triggering a worldwide backlash.

Earlier this month, he threatened to destroy Iranian civilization overnight in response to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, but later backed down.