Trump Criticizes Macron’s Immigration Policies Amid European Unrest

President Donald Trump expressed his concerns regarding French President Emmanuel Macron’s immigration policies during an interview on ‘Sunday Morning Futures’. Trump stated that he warned Macron about these policies ‘destroying France’.

‘I told Macron, when I first came in, I met him early. I said, “You are destroying France. You’re letting people come in that hate your country”‘, shared Trump with Larry Kudlow. Trump criticized France for allowing individuals who he claimed opposed French culture and national identity. He also mentioned unrest in Spain and Italy, emphasizing that the U.S. had avoided similar issues through his administration’s border enforcement measures.

“The people causing the problems are people that hate Spain and hate France and hate Italy,” Trump asserted. “They hate their art, they hate the buildings, they hate everything about France. They hate the people. And they let them come in.”

President Macron recently announced plans to ban protests organized by groups without legitimate authority, attributing the widespread riots and looting to ‘ultra-left groups’. Nearly 1,000 individuals were detained in France on a recent Saturday amidst ongoing protests, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez. Demonstrations also turned violent in Rome and Tirana, as protesters ignited government structures.

In response to whether similar disturbances could happen in the United States, Trump highlighted the success of his border security initiatives. “I think I stopped it. I closed the border. You know that we’ve had zero infiltration. We’ve had 0 illegal aliens in the last 18 months. It’s almost not believable,” he noted. The Department of Homeland Security reported a 95% reduction in southwest border apprehensions compared to the Biden administration, also marking the first fiscal year with zero Border Patrol releases.

Fox News Digital attempted to contact Macron’s office for comments, without success. Max Bacall, associate editor for Fox News Digital, along with Greg Norman-Diamond, James Cirrone, and Brittany Miller, contributed to the report.