A hellhole of a row
Donald Trump’s fondness for social media has once again tested the patience of America’s friends. On this occasion, it was India’s turn to take offence. The president reposted remarks by Michael Savage, a bombastic American radio host, in which the commentator railed against birthright citizenship. Immigrants, Mr Savage claimed, were gaming the system by arriving in the “ninth month of their pregnancy” and then summoning relatives from “China or India or some other hellhole on the planet”. Mr Trump’s amplification of the slur prompted a swift rebuke from New Delhi. Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, called…