India, May 24 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday asserted that stupid people exist in every country. He was defending the United States over some recent racist comments by Americans against Indians. At his joint press conference with India's external affairs minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi, Rubio was asked a question on a purported rise in racist remarks against Indians by Americans.

The reporter did not specify when asked by Rubio "who made those comments?" US President Donald Trump had also recently reshared a social media post that called India a "hellhole", but later sought to clarify by praising India and PM Narendra Modi.

Rubio, when told that the racist posts were well-known, said on Sunday, "I don't know how to ad...