Trump Labels China and India “Hellhole Countries” How Many Will That Offend?

Every day, Trump does something to offend more voters.

Series of Four Racist Images

On Truth Social, Trump posted a series of four disturbing text images of statements made by known racist Michael Savage.

Text and videos below.

Firstpost asks Who is Michael Savage, the US radio host who referred to India and China as ‘hell-holes’?

In a lengthy letter to Donald Trump, Michael Savage has attacked birthright citizenship and referred to India and China as ‘hell-holes’. This isn’t the first time the popular right-wing radio show host has made controversial comments. In 2003, he was fired from MSNBC for telling a caller, ‘You should get AIDS and die’

In the post shared by Trump, which has since been liked, reposted, and widely shared online, Savage, whose actual name is Michael Alan Weiner, has made provocative claims about birthright citizenship and even referred to India and China as “hell-holes”.

In the rather lengthy post, he attacks birthright citizenship, which is being argued in the US supreme court, calling for a national referendum instead of leaving it to the courts.

Savage Video

Here is the Michael Savage Video that Trump linked to.

Here is commentary on the video, not the video itself.

Complete Transcript (Emphasis Mine)

Welcome to the Savage Nation.

Today’s brief, abbreviated discussion will be about the arguments that I just listened to before the Supreme Court about birthright citizenship.

I was somewhat incensed by listening to the arguments. All I heard was legalese being bandied back and forth, and quite noticeable to me was that the person bringing the arguments in favor of flooding America with illegal aliens to change the demography forever was a Chinese American who looks to me like the classic ACLU attorney. Very smart, very civil, and very devious.

The ACLU is the head of the snake. They have been forever, and there they were again trying to turn America into a cesspool.

We all know that these arguments should not be conducted in the abstract of a courtroom. This is really not about law. This is about public opinion.

Now, I could start arguing about the Constitution itself, and I’ll run into a stone wall with you. We can’t modify the Constitution because it’s written in stone, and if we do, they’ll take away our First and Second amendments, which is what they would do.

So that’s the problem. The Constitution was written before air travel, before television, before the internet, before radio. How irrelevant are some of these arguments when people are coming here by airplane in the ninth month of their pregnancy?

A baby here becomes an instant citizen, and then they bring the entire family in from China or India or some other hellhole on the planet. You don’t have to go too far to see that. English is not spoken here anymore. There’s almost no loyalty to this country amongst the immigrant class coming in today, which was not always the case.

No, they’re not like the European Americans of today and their ancestors. The Irish integrated, the Italians integrated, the Polish integrated, the Lithuanians, the Romanians, the Russians. They all integrated and became Americans in the melting pot.

The idea of the melting pot is long over. It is now just a cash-in pot. We’ve gone from the melting pot to the chamber pot.

As I said many years ago, you don’t have to go any further than any city in America to see what this has wrought upon this country.

So to listen to these very wise, smart lawyers arguing in the abstract as to whether birthright citizenship should apply to anyone born here, no matter who their parents are or where their parents came from, is ludicrous.

That’s why I put up a poll on my social channels where I said birthright citizenship should be subjected to a national vote. Not put in the hands of lawyers. Let the people decide.

They’re also abusing it. I used to be a great supporter of Indians in India until they opened my eyes up to what’s going on here. White men need not apply to jobs in the state of California. Never mind in high tech.

I don’t care what your qualifications are. You’re not getting a job if you’re not Chinese or Indian. Your chances are nil. You have to be from India or China because almost all the internal mechanisms are set up and run by Indians and Chinese.

I know it for a fact, and you don’t have to agree with it. If you don’t know what you’re talking about, don’t argue with me.

So I can ask you if you agree with me and I know the answer already. I see it on X. Simple question: Birthright citizenship — should it be subjected to a national vote? Not up to the nine lawyers? Should the citizens decide?

It’s running 78% to 21%. Admittedly, it’s a small sample. Admittedly it’s a biased sample. Okay, but watching the Supreme Court arguments made me very disturbed because we can’t leave it to a handful of lawyers to decide the future of our nation.

There’s a very famous case, and I think it was Andrew Jackson, who after the Supreme Court ruled about the Cherokee removal, he disagreed with what the Supreme Court said. And he said, “Now the court has decided it, let them enforce it.” Meaning: go screw yourselves. I hold all the power with the military.

That’s what he said to the Supreme Court. Then sure, let them come here and drop a baby in the ninth month on the doorstep and turn them into an instant citizen and then bring in all the ancestors from India and from China.

Sure. Bring them all in. If that’s what happens, what I see is what’s going to happen, and then what we need is a Jackson as president — and I don’t mean Ketanji Jackson. We need someone to stand up to these lawyers. They’ve destroyed our nation.

Unbelievable what’s going on in my nation and my state. The corrupt state of California where fraud is so rampant that even Democrats are screaming about it.

That’s my piece on birthright citizenship before the Savage Nation.

Racist Math

Since roughly 35 percent of the nation is MAGA, then 35 percent of the nation agrees automatically with what Trump posted.

If Trump changed his mind tomorrow, then roughly 35 percent of the nation would change its mind tomorrow as well.

Aside from Mindless MAGAs (MMs), MAGA Morons if you prefer a dual-purpose acronym, there is a certain percentage of hard-core bigots and racists in this country.

I don’t know that percentage.

I would like to believe it’s less than 35 percent, but I really don’t know.

This Is About the Law

Despite Savage’s racist beliefs, this case very much is about the law.

“Watching the Supreme Court arguments made me very disturbed because we can’t leave it to a handful of lawyers to decide the future of our nation,” said Savage.

He proposes a national referendum because he admits a formal Constitution Amendment process would fail.

Let’s play a mental game and give Savage his wish, a national election, 50+ percent wins. But let’s do it on three issues.

1. Birthright Citizenship
2. Gun control
3. Legalized Abortion

It is not at all clear that ending Birthright Citizenship would pass. Indeed, I believe it would fail, properly explained.

But what is clear is we would have gun control and legalized abortion.

The Constitution is hard to change on purpose.

Savage would be the first hypocrite to howl if we suddenly took took to settling constitutional questions by simple majority.

Race-Baiting Lies

Savage’s statement “I don’t care what your qualifications are. You’re not getting a job if you’re not Chinese or Indian,” is a race-baiting lie.

How Many People Will This Offend?

Everyone should be offended by this racist portrayal. However, and as noted, all the MMs won’t care. They would either cheer, make an excuse for it, or sit silent.

If you identify as MAGA, you have no choice. You follow Trump no matter what he says, even 180 degree reversals.

As of 2024–2026, there are over 5.8 million people of Chinese descent (including Taiwanese) and approximately 5.6 million Asian Indians (alone or in combination) in the U.S..

Combined, these two groups represent over 11 million residents, forming the largest segments of the rapidly growing Asian American population.

That’s 11 million people offended by Trump’s post.

Pew estimates 11% to 25% of Americans, or roughly 25 to 60+ million adults, hold views aligning with libertarianism (fiscally conservative, socially liberal). While 11% explicitly identify as libertarian, another 15% may have libertarian leanings.

Since Libertarians are not MMs by definition, add another 25-60 million people sensibly offended by Trump’s racist re-post.

Most Democrats would be offended by Trump’s repost. But there is some overlap between Democrats, Chinese, and Indians.

I believe most Independents would be offended. Again, there some is overlap between independents, Chinese, and Indians.

Add it all up and throw away the overlaps and the percentage of voters Trump offended is over 60 percent.

Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments

On April 1, I noted Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Arguments Suggest 7-2 Minimum Against Trump

Gorsuch, Barret, and even Kavanaugh hammered Sauer [Trump’s Solicitor General arguing the case]. Thomas was skeptical. Kagan blasted Sauer on “revisionist history”.

Revisionist History Analysis

For an understanding of the massive revisionist history that Sauer asked the Court to swallow, please see my February 20, 2025 post Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

The Appeals Court ruling was 95 percent likely, so this is no shocker. But let’s review the case.

Also see What Were the US Senators Thinking When They Debated the 14th Amendment?

The question is not realistically subject to logical debate.

Senator Howard

The proposition before us, I will say, Mr. President, relates simply in that respect to the children begotten of Chinese parents in California, and it is proposed that they be citizens.

I voted for the proposition that the children of all parentage whatever, born in California, should be regarded as citizens of the United States, entitled to equal right of other senators of the United States.

We are entirely ready to accept the provision proposed in this amendment, that children born here of Mongolian parents shall be declared by the Constitution of the United States to be entitled to civil rights and to equal protection before the law with others.

Can anyone in good faith sincerely tell me the intent of birthright citizenship was not debated and perfectly clear in 1866?

The Congressional debate from the time did surface in today’s oral arguments. This is what Kagan meant by revisionist history.

Trump on Birthright Citizenship

The proper reply is “We are the only nation stupid enough to elect someone like Trump, not once, but twice.”

Moreover, Trump’s statement is a lie. Pew reports U.S.-style birthright citizenship is uncommon around the world.

Thirty-two other countries around the world, most of them in the Western Hemisphere, have birthright citizenship laws that are substantially similar to the U.S., according to a Pew Research Center analysis. Another 50 or so countries have more limited variations of birthright citizenship.

This policy is most common in the Americas, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.

A Serious Question

MM-World^tm and Beyond

I cannot change anyone’s racist beliefs, nor their pretense that they are not racists.

But this is yet another offensive post, for obvious reasons, whether you make excuses for it or not.

If you are an MM, you have no choice. You either embrace what Trump posted or you make excuses for it.

Outside of MM-World^tm these mistakes by Trump keep adding up.

Factor in inflation, health care, manufacturing job losses, tariff refund checks not delivered, his asinine promise to lower energy bills in half, his asinine promise to lower gasoline in half, Epstein lies, and tariffs that have backfired.

Republicans are going to get hammered in the Midterms.

For discussion, please see How Big Will the “Blue Wave” Be in the Midterm Elections?

I expect Republicans will lose nearly every seat the consensus now labels as tossup.

Note: I am not a Democrat and have not voted for either a Republican or Democrat candidate for president for decades, but I have never missed a national election in my life.

For my explanation, please see I Wrote In “Mish” for President of the United States

I strongly dislike the main candidates for multiple reasons, so I wrote in myself. Here’s my campaign pledge and platform.

Reader Question: What could possibly be gained by talking that way?
Mish Answer: I have commented before, Trump prefers MAGA adoration, power, and insulting people more than he wants to win an election.