Donald Trump: "What’s happening in France is nothing less than out-of-control mass migration…"

In October 2026, France faced large student-led demonstrations, joined by workers, over a lack of teachers, deteriorating school buildings, education budget cuts and inflation; more than 70,000 police were deployed and thousands of people were arrested, while the government held talks with protesters. According to the article, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that migration and religion, not the demonstrators’ stated reasons, were behind the protests. French President Emmanuel Macron rejected foreign leaders’ comments, saying false information and AI-generated images had circulated about the events, turning the protests into an international dispute over how they were being characterized.