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Trump Warns Europe Will Come To An End, Urges Deportations After France And Italy Unrest
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Trump warned Europe faces existential crisis unless it tightens migration policies and deportations. Cited unrest in France as evidence of migration policy failures.
Trump presses Europe on migration
US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that European countries should tighten their migration policies and deport foreign nationals who commit crimes. Trump said he had previously told French President Emmanuel Macron that his migration policy was wrong, and he warned, “Europe will come to an end.”
“‘Europe will come to an end,’ he said.”
Trump urged European governments to reinforce security measures while referring to unrest in France and Italy, and he said Europe was “not closing” its borders or removing criminals. The Kremlin framed the unrest as a European crisis, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters, “it’s clear that it’s a major crisis.”
Kremlin links unrest to policy
Kremlin special envoy Kirill Dmitriev blamed Europe’s migration policies for the unrest and called it “The Suicidal Fall of Europe.” Dmitriev wrote that “The West has fallen because of an inability to discuss and correct consequential mistakes on migration, energy, and warmongering,” and he reposted videos showing burning buildings and clashes with police.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attacked Europe’s “double standard” and quoted Macron saying he would be “unyielding” in dealing with rioters who resorted to violence. Zakharova also wrote on Telegram, “We need consistent standards, not the West’s endless double standards when it comes to human rights issues,” as she argued about interference in sovereign affairs.
Russia seeks leverage as talks loom
Folha de S.Paulo described a shift in Donald Trump’s stance toward Vladimir Putin and said the Kremlin’s perception in Moscow is of “strategic victory” over Ukraine and the West. Folha said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that weapons “may not have been sent,” while ruling out deliberate political action, and it said Zelenskiy went to Oslo to talk with Trump negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Folha reported that the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitri Peskov said Russia expects “detailed information” about the conversations, and it said Witkoff would go to Moscow on Wednesday (21). The Irish Times said the Russian leader is believed to be floating the idea of a three-way summit between himself, Trump and Chinese Xi Jinping, and it warned that such a summit would keep Ukraine and its most important supporters out of the room.