US, April 24 -- President Donald Trump has praised India and said that he has a "very good friend" leading the country. Earlier in the day, Trump reposted a racist remark by American political commentator and radio host Michael Savage's podcast, where he referred to India, China and other nations as "hell holes".

Christopher Elms, spokesperson for the US Embassy in New Delhi, relayed that the Republican leader spoke warmly of India, calling it a great nation and noting that he shares a personal friendship with its leader. "India is a great country with a very good friend of mine at the top," Trump said.

In his call for changes in the United States' birthright citizenship law, Savage alleged that people from the two Asian nations come to...