Apr 27, 2026 16:52 pm IST

Opinion | Trump's 'Hellhole' Comment Might Just Be A Favour To India

The Empire always thought it. Trump just retired the euphemism, the 'polite' vocabulary it uses for the Global South. What India does with this clarity is now the question.

Nishtha Gautam Nishtha Gautam Columnist

Nishtha Gautam Columnist

When a head of state starts using unparliamentary language about another state and its people, it can be assumed to be a sign of deterioration: either of the ties between the states or the mental faculties of the speaker. It is not difficult to understand what applies to the utterings of Donald Trump, the President of the United States. Apart from Israel, there has been no country, ally or enemy, spared his verbal lashings during his second term in office. It appears, sometimes, that he channels all the criticism and curses landing on his doorstep from his countrymen towards anyone beyond the US territory. This doesn't mean that he spares his countrymen either. 

The latest 60 Minutes interview, hours after the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, saw Trump lashing out at CBS correspondent Norah O'Donnell for reading out the suspect's manifesto. He called O'Donnell a "disgrace" and labelled the media in........

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