Trump blames immigration for French unrest

Summary

• Arrests, injuries and damageInterior Minister Laurent Nunez said police had arrested at least 1,800 people during and after the protests.
• More than 500 members of the police, gendarmerie and fire service sustained injuries, Nunez said, though the count was provisional.
• Also, one protester in Paris died of a heart attack, police said.

AI Generated Summary

Trump said on Sunday that France was burning and blamed immigration, after a weekend of cost-of-living protests turned violent across the country.

In a Truth Social post, he wrote that the arrival of people from “an entirely different world” had shattered what he called a once great country.

He described them as “people with hatred in their hearts.” “Close your Borders and take control, before it is too late!” he added. The post landed as France counted the damage from Saturday’s marches.

Trump’s post and the French protests

Authorities said about 550,000 people marched. Organisers claimed nearer 800,000, and the interior ministry counted 110,000 in Paris alone.

Yellow Vest groups, trade unions, students and farmers all joined in. Marchers complained about prices and about the state of schools.

The main Paris march passed without major trouble. On its edges, however, masked groups lit fires, attacked public buildings and looted shops.