Trump: "France is on fire... Immigrants with hate are tearing the country apart."

On the 18th (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump cited 'immigrant acceptance' as the cause of anti-government protests in France, which escalated into violence such as arson and looting, and argued that border control is necessary.

“France is burning. Immigrants from a completely different world with hate in their hearts have torn the once great country to pieces,” President Trump wrote on the social media platform TruthSocial.

“Close the borders and take control before it’s too late,” he said.

Previously, on the 6th, in a post on Truth Social, President Trump claimed that the protests in France were "a problem of uncontrollable large-scale immigration" and "Islam trying to take over a once great country." On this day, he again attributed the cause of the protests to the French government's lukewarm border and immigration policies.

In France, protests by high school students protesting the poor educational environment have continued for four weeks, and on the previous weekend, workers and citizens took to the streets in large numbers to protest high inflation and high oil prices.

As a result, protesters and police clashed violently not only in the capital Paris, but also in other major cities, with cars and stores in the city center being burned and looted, and in Limoges, a small southwestern city, the city hall building was burned and collapsed by protesters.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance also shared a video of the fire at Limoges City Hall the previous day on