Trump Claims French Student Protests "Not a School Issue... Caused by Immigration and Islam"

U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that the large-scale student protests taking place in France are due to immigrants and Islam.

On the 6th (local time), President Trump stated on the social media platform Truth Social, "What is happening in France is truly uncontrollable, large-scale immigration itself," making these remarks.

On the 6th (local time), in Montpellier, southern France, high school students and French union members marched on a nationwide protest day denouncing educational conditions. Photo by EPA Yonhap News.

He said, "This is not an issue related to schools, but a matter of Islam's ambition to take control of a country (France) that was once great."

In France, the nationwide protests that began in mid-September by high school students have resulted in the closure of hundreds of schools, with over 5,000 students participating in the protests being arrested.

Local media report that these protests are demonstrations by students against chronic teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, and aging school facilities, as well as demands for increased educational staff and budgets to improve these conditions.

President Trump, who has pursued anti-immigration policies in the United States, has also criticized European countries such as France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Spain for indiscriminately accepting immigrants from the Middle East and Africa.

In July, President Trump commented on the migrant incursion incident in Ceuta, Spain, which borders North Africa, stating, "It is as if hundreds of thousands have invaded a country," attributing the incident to border and immigration policies.

AFP reported that President Trump's remarks linking the protests in France to immigration issues were "an attempt to rally the global right ahead of the U.S. midterm elections."

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