US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that “immigration was killing” Europe and warned countries that they “need to get their acts together”. Speaking to reporters on the tarmac after disembarking from Air Force One in Scotland, he said that Europe needs to curb immigration.
“On immigration, you better get your act together. You’re not going to have Europe anymore. You got to get your act together,” he said.
Trump, whose father, Fred, emigrated from Germany and his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was born in Scotland, said that many countries in Europe need to stop the “horrible invasion”.
Trump, who is expected to meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during his Europe trip, also said that “some” leaders have not let it happen, and they’re not getting the “proper” credit.
“I could name them right now, but I’m gonna embarrass other ones. This immigration is killing Europe,” he added.
.@POTUS in Scotland: “On immigration, you better get your act together or you’re not going to have Europe anymore … You got to stop this horrible invasion that’s happening.” pic.twitter.com/j7GOU00SXW
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Trump also bragged about cracking down on the US-Mexico border.
“As you know, last month, we had nobody entering our country. We took out a lot of bad people that got there,” he said.
According to the United Nations’ 2020 estimates, about 87 million international migrants were living in Europe.
Trump has pursued a tough anti-immigration policy since he returned to the White House in January. He has vowed to lead the largest migrant deportation program in US history and has so far deported thousands of “aliens”.
His hardline migration policy has also sparked widespread protests in the US, which has the largest immigrant population in the world.