It is racist and hurtful in the same way calling US Southerners before the Civil War a bunch of slavers...intended to wound, but also based in fact.
Look at what was "Saudi Arabia" prior to the discovery of oil. These people were nomadic herders.
Look at what was "Saudi Arabia" prior to the discovery of oil. These people were nomadic herders.
Of course!
But hey, different words have different connotations. I am taking the meaning from actual words he used, not ones he could have used.