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Trump and Republicans blame France’s immigrants for riots without evidence
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Protests in France over the high cost of living and in support of students’ grievances turned violent over the weekend. Trump turned them into a unsubstantiated midterm message.
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President Donald Trump blamed immigration for violent unrest during protests in France and urged the country to close its borders. The demonstrations were driven by anger over living costs and public services, though some escalated into clashes, looting and arson.
President Donald Trump blamed unrestricted entry of illegal migrants through porous borders for the riots in France and urged the country to tighten its migration rules.
President Donald Trump on Sunday urged France to secure its borders to “people with hatred in their hearts” as protests throughout the country rage, with police arresting approximately 1,800 people in the violent demonstrations. “France is burning!” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
The riots, initially attributed to discontent over the state of education and the high cost of living, have been dominated by far-left adherents and second-generation immigrant youths.
President Trump called on France Monday morning to shut its borders after a weekend of widespread rioting that produced at least 2,400 arrests and left major cities in chaos, according to a report from the New York Post. “The migrants have taken over France,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
President Trump and Vice President Vance are placing the blame on immigration for the riots in France that grew violent over the weekend. “The migrants have taken over France,” Trump wrote Monday morning on Truth Social.
President Donald Trump used violent protests in France to urge voters to keep Republicans in control of Congress, portraying the unrest as a warning of what could happen under Democrats and blaming immigration and left-wing leaders.
President Trump: France is "being conquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and Communists who hate Christianity and Western Civilization." The post France to Deploy Military to Curb Riots as Trump Warns ‘Jihadists And Communists’ Are Driving Unrest first appeared on Le·gal…
PARIS (AP) — President Donald Trump and leading Republicans are trying to leverage widespread riots in France ahead of midterm congressional elections by making unsubstantiated claims that the social unrest in Europe is caused by Muslim migrants.
Protests in France over the high cost of living and in support of students’ grievances turned violent over the weekend. Trump turned them into a unsubstantiated midterm message.
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