New Delhi, May 15 -- Former CIA Analyst, Larry Johnson, on Friday said that the US' actions with respect to India were racist on the economic front.

Johnson, in an interview with ANI, said that India ought to have a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.

"It's also a direct challenge that the countries are going to be expected to buy US treasuries in order to fund US spending, which is out of control. United States over the last 30 years, instead of being a good leader to show we want to collaborate, we have become a bully. And, you know, India has experienced it as well. We've threatened India; it's racist. It's condescending," he said.

Johnson added that the US treated India as if it were a token of Great Britain.

"I...