President Donald Trump said he warned French President Emmanuel Macron that his immigration policies were "destroying France" as he raised concerns about unrest across Europe during an interview on "Sunday Morning Futures.""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,'" Trump told Larry Kudlow.Trump criticized France for allowing people into the country who he said opposed French culture and national identity.He also pointed to unrest in Spain and Italy while arguing that his administration's border enforcement policies had prevented similar problems in the United States.President Donald Trump has spoken out about the mass protests, center, that have engulfed French President Emmanuel Macron's country.
(Reuters/Umit Bektas; Reuters/Abdul Saboor; Teresa Suarez/Reuters)"The people that are causing the problems are people that hate Spain and hate France and hate Italy," he said."It's very interesting.
Somebody said, ‘They hate their art, they hate the buildings, they hate everything about France.They hate the people.
And they let them come in.’"Macron said on Thursday that his government would move to ban protests organized by "individuals or groups with no legitimate authority" as he blamed "ultra-left groups" for the riots and looting that had spread across his country.Trump's comments come after nearly 1,000 people were arrested in France on Saturday as nationwide protests resumed, according to French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez.Violence also erupted in Rome and the Albanian capital of Tirana, where protesters set government buildings ablaze.STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS TRUMP IS 'SPOT ON' WITH FRANCE PROTESTS AFTER MACRON DECRIES 'STUPID' COMMENTSSmoke billows around protesters as they march toward the Place de la Bastille in Paris on Oct.
8, 2026, as part of a nationwide protest movement over learning conditions.The orange vest carries the acronym "CGT" for the...