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Trump says Paris will soon be 'a Muslim city' under Macron's immigration policies

Trump said France’s unrest stems from immigration and urged Europe to expel violent protesters and criminals as police reported nearly 2,400 arrests.

  • On Monday, President Donald Trump urged French President Emmanuel Macron to close France's borders, linking recent unrest to immigration and claiming that "Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon."
  • Violent disturbances escalated across French cities over the weekend, resulting in nearly 2,400 arrests and injuring nearly 1,000 police officers, with destruction affecting nearly 3,000 businesses.
  • Bordeaux authorities enacted a week-long night curfew for minors under 18 after riots officials described as having "an unprecedented level of violence," while Prefect Sophie Brocas deployed 400 police officers.
  • French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu instructed regional authorities to impose "partial curfews" to curb disturbances, while President Macron condemned the violence and rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nunez's resignation.
  • Trump further warned that European nations must conduct mass deportations of violent protesters to preserve sovereignty, declaring, "If Europe doesn't close its borders and bring the criminals out, Europe is finished.
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"France burns": this is Donald Trump's reaction to the violence that took place this weekend in France. The American president and several figures of the extreme European right denounce immigration and sow these images of chaos. Is there a political instrumentalisation of this violence? Patrick Martin-Genier, a professor at Sciences Po and specialist in European and international issues, deciphers these reactions and their stakes.

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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US President Donald Trump has criticised French President Emmanuel Macron's immigration policy, saying Paris will “very soon become a Muslim city.”

·Zagreb, Croatia
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INTELLINEWS broke the news on Monday, October 19, 2026.
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