United States President Donald Trump addressed the violent unrest sweeping across France on Monday, warning that the capital is undergoing irreversible demographic change and asserting that “Paris is going to become a Muslim city very soon.” Commenting on the rioters who overwhelmed law enforcement in the French capital, Trump attributed the breakdown of order directly to French President Emmanuel Macron’s open-border policies.
“I told Emmanuel long ago, ‘You are making a big mistake in France, you allow everybody from all over the world to come in,'” Trump stated. “Paris is going to become a Muslim city very soon. I told Emmanuel that you have to close your borders—and that was not the deal.” Trump’s remarks followed an emergency decision by the French government to institute localized, targeted curfews across multiple urban centers impacted by days of intense street clashes and mass commercial pillaging. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu directed regional prefects to enact the curfew measures to safeguard local populations and retail infrastructure.
Lecornu announced the security restrictions following an inter-ministerial crisis meeting, observing that despite widespread structural destruction and violent confrontations, no fatalities had been recorded, calling that outcome “a miracle.” The Prime Minister’s move followed candid admissions from Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, who conceded that French law enforcement elements had completely lost control of the street dynamics. Nuñez pointed to large crowds of violent looters operating in coordination with extreme-left factions as the drivers of the urban chaos.
Lecornu added that roughly 80% of those taken into custody will face formal criminal charges. He emphasized that the French state will introduce special emergency legislation to mandate that convicted rioters directly cover the financial costs of rehabilitating ransacked public and private property.