Trump blames France unrest on immigration ahead of US midterms
Briefing by News4U · First published
Trump and Vance say immigration caused French riots that began as student protests over schools and living costs, while Republicans link the unrest to Democrats before the 3 November vote.
The Guardian reported that Donald Trump and JD Vance blamed immigration for nationwide protests in France that began as student demonstrations over crumbling schools and the high cost of living and later escalated into clashes with police, leaving a historic town hall torched and resulting in 1,800 arrests. [1]
Trump wrote on Truth Social that France is burning because of immigration from an entirely different world and urged Paris to close its borders, while Vance posted that Western liberals imported the third world into France. [1]
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- Trump attacks ‘migrants and communists’ as he tries to exploit France unrest
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