Every country has ‘stupid People’: Rubio’s guide to diplomatic evasion and racial deflection

It is rather comical when a US Secretary of State travels halfway across the globe to India, stands at a joint diplomatic podium in New Delhi, and accidentally says something which gives the impression that he is throwing his own boss under the metaphorical bus! During his visit to New Delhi in May 2026, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was directly confronted by an Indian journalist about racist remarks and anti-Indian rhetoric coming from the United States. Responding to the concerns, Rubio asserted that “every country has stupid people” and emphasised that the US remains a welcoming country for…