Trump warns “Europe is finished” without border closures, deportations amid France unrest

WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) issued a stark warning regarding the future of Europe on Monday, asserting that France and the broader continent face total collapse unless they immediately seal their borders and deport migrants who “hate their countries,” amid the ongoing protests.

Speaking to reporters outside the White House, President Trump attributed the unrest in France primarily to immigration, rejecting suggestions that it was linked to education or domestic policy issues.

“Well, France, it is a very sad situation what’s happening in France, because what’s happening in France has to do with immigration, not schools, not anything. It’s immigration,” Trump stated. “And I told President Macron, close up your borders. I told him the first time I met him, which was years ago in my first term. Close up your borders, you’re going to have nothing but trouble. And they’ve got a lot of trouble. They let people into their country that don’t love their country, they don’t love their buildings, they don’t love their art.”

Responding to French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks attributing the rioting to energy strains and broader geopolitical spillovers from US policies, Trump defended his long-standing advice to the French leader while raising alarms over demographic shifts.

“Emmanuel, look, he’s a friend of mine. I told him a long time ago, you’re making a big mistake in France. You’re letting everybody from the world come in. The whole world is coming in,” Trump said. “And, as you know, Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon. And that wasn’t the deal. That wasn’t the deal. I told Emmanuel, you should close up your borders.”

Comparing France’s border policies with those of the United States, Trump said, “We closed our borders, he didn’t. And you know what? His borders are a problem, and he also has a little bit of a problem with energy, but they have done, you know, they’re doing better than others. But Emmanuel should have closed his borders a long time ago, I told him to do it.”