The president has blamed Paris\u2019 lax immigration policies for weeks of unrest, invoking the violence to rally Republicans ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump has claimed that America could face similar chaos to the violent unrest sweeping France if the Democrats win next month\u2019s midterm elections, accusing left-wing politicians of fueling mass migration and instability across the West.
\nFrance has struggled to contain escalating riots that erupted last month over teacher shortages and crumbling facilities. The protests have since grown into a broader movement against inequality and soaring living costs.
\nHundreds of thousands took to the streets over the weekend as demonstrations descended into clashes with police, arson, and looting. Nearly 2,400 people were arrested, hundreds of businesses looted, and buildings torched across the country, while around 1,000 police officers and gendarmes were injured.
\nFootage drew comparisons to \u201cscenes from a civil war,\u201d with videos also showing some protesters waving Palestinian flags alongside the French tricolor.
\nSpeaking to reporters outside the White House on Monday, Trump warned\u00a0that \u201cParis is going to be a Muslim city very soon,\u201d blaming France\u2019s immigration policies for the unrest.<\/p>\n
Trump: Paris is going to be a Muslim city pretty soon. pic.twitter.com\/9S5fx0ppPo\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) October 19, 2026 <\/p>\n
He sharpened his criticism in a Truth Social post, describing France as a \u201conce-great nation\u201d being \u201cconquered, looted, and burned to the ground.\u201d Trump blamed \u201cmigrants, jihadists and communists\u201d for the violence, accused European leaders of surrendering their countries to people unwilling to assimilate and urged them to \u201cclose their borders\u201d before it is too late.<\/p>\n
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Hundreds arrested in Paris as rioters defy Macron (VIDEOS)<\/p>\n
Trump then turned the unrest into a pitch for Republicans ahead of the November 3 midterms, warning that scenes of \u201cburning steeples and raging fires\u201d were \u201cwhat the Radical Dumocrats want to do to AMERICA.\u201d He accused Democrats of embracing radical left-wing ideology and cast the election as a fight for America\u2019s \u201cculture,\u201d\u00a0\u201ccivilization\u201d and \u201cheritage.\u201d
\n\u201cIf you want to see what is at stake in this Election, just look at what is happening in France\u2026 Globalist Leftwing Politicians have treasonously imported millions of Third World Migrants who are totally incompatible with Western Values, and despise everything that makes France great… they have surrendered their country to vandals,\u201d he wrote.
\nTrump\u2019s renewed focus on immigration \u2013 a cornerstone of his successful 2024 campaign \u2013 comes as his approval ratings slide and Republicans face mounting pressure ahead of the midterms. A Reuters\/Ipsos poll released Monday put his approval at 31% \u2013 down one point from two weeks earlier and the lowest of either presidential term. Democrats led Republicans 47% to 35% among registered voters on a hypothetical congressional ballot.
\nTrump repeated his Truth Social message at a Kansas rally for Republican Senator Roger Marshall, whose once-safe seat, according to polls, is now facing a competitive challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton, a Methodist pastor campaigning against the president\u2019s \u201cerratic leadership.\u201d Trump won Kansas by 16 points in 2024, and the state has not elected a Democratic senator in 94 years.<\/p>\n
\u2757\ufe0f [ \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \u00c9TATS-UNIS | \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 FRANCE ]\ud83d\udd38 Donald Trump s\u2019en prend violemment \u00e0 la France, qu\u2019il d\u00e9crit comme une \u00ab grande nation d\u2019autrefois \u00bb en train d\u2019\u00eatre \u00ab conquise, pill\u00e9e et incendi\u00e9e \u00bb par des \u00ab migrants, des djihadistes et des communistes \u00bb qui, selon lui, \u00ab ha\u00efssent le\u2026\u2014 Little Think Tank (@L_ThinkTank) October 20, 2026 <\/p>\n
The rally kicked off a six-day campaign blitz through Republican strongholds, with stops planned in the Carolinas, Florida, Iowa and Georgia, as Trump seeks to boost turnout and defend the party\u2019s narrow congressional majorities. Democrats need to flip four seats in each chamber to overturn Republicans\u2019 218-214 House majority and 53-47 Senate advantage.
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\nTrump has also sought to shore up Republican support ahead of the midterms by tackling soaring fuel prices, as the Iran war and tariffs squeeze household budgets. A Reuters\/Ipsos poll found that 68% of Americans disapprove of his handling of the economy, including 37% of Republicans.<\/p>\n
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Russia-US diesel deal already having positive effect \u2013 Putin aide to RT (VIDEO)<\/p>\n
To ease the pressure, Trump moved to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports, blaming fuel shortages on Ukrainian strikes against Russian energy infrastructure rather than the Iran war and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
\nThe deal with Moscow would release over 300,000 tons of diesel immediately, another 500,000 tons in November and one million tons thereafter. Russian presidential aide Kirill Dmitriev told RT the agreement had an immediate \u201cpositive effect,\u201d with New York diesel futures falling 5% on the announcement.
\nThe move, however, drew accusations of \u201cbetraying Ukraine\u201d from Democrats and some Republicans, who urged Trump to end the Iran war instead. He defended the deal as \u201cthe right choice for the American People\u201d and later went further by invoking a national-interest exemption to suspend recently enacted Russia sanctions, including 500% tariffs on Russian imports and 100% tariffs on major buyers of Russian oil and gas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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