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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNEW DELHI: The US embassy in New Delhi was in full damage-control mode on Thursday following President Donald Trump’s social media post referring to India and China as “hell holes”.Spokesperson Christopher Elm sought to defuse tensions by quoting Trump’s past praise for India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to IANS, Elm cited Trump’s October 2025 remarks at a world leaders’ summit, after the Gaza ceasefire ended the Israel-Hamas war.“India is a great country with a very good friend of mine at the top and he’s just done a fantastic job. I think Pakistan and India are going to live very nicely together,” Trump had said.Trump has repeatedly referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a \u201cgreat friend,\u201d including during a recent phone call between the two leaders amid the Iran conflict.<\/p>\n Watch<\/span><\/p>\n Trump Sparks Outrage After Reposting \u2018Hellholes\u2019 Remark on India, China Amid Citizenship Debate<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “I had a very good talk with him and he’s a friend of mine from India and he’s doing great. We had a very good conversation,” Trump said in response to a question by ANI.Meanwhile, India has also responded on Trump’s “hell-hole” post as MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, \u201cWe have seen some reports. That\u2019s where I leave it.\u201dThe response from the US side comes amid backlash over a repost on Truth Social by Trump, who has on multiple occasions referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a \u201cgreat friend.\u201dThe controversial post, which criticised immigration into the United States, referenced countries including India and China in derogatory terms, triggering political criticism. “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. You don’t have to go too far to see that. English is not spoken here anymore. That there’s almost no loyalty to this country amongst the immigrant class coming in today, which was not always the case,” it read.It further alleged systemic bias in employment and immigration systems: \u201cYou have to be from India or China because almost all the internal mechanisms are set up to run by Indians and Chinese.\u201dThe post also claimed that the integration seen in earlier waves of European immigration \u201cis long over,\u201d arguing that the United States has shifted from a \u201cmelting pot\u201d to a \u201ccash in pot\u201d.<\/div>\n