Washington, April 24 -- India's foreign ministry on Thursday called remarks referring to Indians as living in a "hellhole" - carried in a post shared by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account - "obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste".

"They certainly do not reflect the reality of the India-US relationship, which has long been based on mutual respect and shared interests," ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.

The disparaging remarks were contained in the full transcript of conservative political talk show Savage Nation, which Trump had shared on his account. The transcript was a broadside against birthright citizenship, the American legal principle that automatically confers...