Trump Claims French Student Protests Driven by "Out-of-Control Immigration and Islam"

US President Donald Trump claimed on the 6th (local time) that the large-scale student protests in France are due to immigrants.

President Trump stated on his social media platform, Truth Social, that what is happening in France is none other than "out-of-control, massive immigration."

He added, "This is not about schools. This is about Islam trying to take over a once-great country (France)."

In France, high school student protests that began in mid-September have spread nationwide, leading to the closure of hundreds of schools and the arrest of some 5,000 students participating in the demonstrations.

Local media have reported that the protests are organized by students protesting poor educational conditions—such as chronic teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, and outdated school facilities—and demanding improvements, including the expansion of educational staff and budgets.

President Trump, who pursues anti-immigration policies in the US, has previously criticized European countries, including France, the UK, Germany, and Spain, for indiscriminately accepting immigrants from the Middle East and Africa.

AFP interpreted President Trump's remarks linking the French student protests to the immigration issue as an attempt to rally the global right-wing bloc ahead of the US midterm elections.

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