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Two things are being blended: Europe’s organized anti-immigration movements, and this autumn’s unrest over living costs.
The first is real and has at times turned violent. ACLED recorded 45 anti-migration events across 17 Dutch locations in May, more than 20 of them violent, plus 17 counter-protests.[1] A national protest on May 16 drew about 1,200 people in nine cities, which DutchNews described as small crowds.[2] In London, Tommy Robinson’s May march drew tens of thousands,[3] and the government barred 11 people it called “foreign far-right agitators.”[4] The Trump administration has signaled support for Europe’s nationalist parties: its National Security Strategy, released in December 2025, named “cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory” as a policy priority and praised the “growing influence of patriotic European parties.”[5]
The autumn unrest is different. It spans France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, mostly over housing, living costs and public services; in France, it began with student protests over school conditions.[6] French authorities have not linked immigrants to the rioting.[7] Macron blamed radical far-left groups and criminals, though Sciences Po Grenoble policing researcher Sebastian Roché said, per the AP, that the far-left fringe is too small to explain violence on this scale.[8]
Europe’s far right has responded in different ways.[9] Le Pen blamed state failure and “anarchic immigration” but avoided explicitly racializing the unrest. Zemmour called the violence “warning shots in an ethnic war.” AfD’s Weidel tied it to migration. Spain’s Vox sought to demonise housing protesters and posted a message the Guardian said falsely suggested an evicted 87-year-old would have had a home had she been an immigrant from north Africa. Portugal’s Ventura said the housing crisis was chiefly a consequence of an “uncontrolled influx of people from abroad.”[9]
Republicans have echoed these arguments.[9] At an October 19 rally in Kansas, Trump said France was “conquered, looted and burned to the ground” by migrants, jihadists and communists, and warned the U.S. could become “like France” if Democrats win, calling the scenes “what the radical ‘Dumocrats’ want to do to America.”[10][11] Replying to a video of a burning French town hall, Vance wrote: “This is the future congressional Democrats seek for your country.”[11][12] Vance also said Western liberals “imported the third world into France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion.”[9] Fox hosts Hannity and Ingraham and Newsmax guests framed France as a warning, linking it to immigration, democratic socialism and government-funded healthcare.[11] The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt reported on October 22 that these allies were “seemingly hoping” the scenes would scare people to the polls.[11]
The claims about migrants lack support. The AP calls them unsubstantiated, and Macron called them false.[7] Trump’s “communists” label loosely overlaps French officials’ far-left attribution, but that doesn’t show communists caused the unrest.[8][10] Deputy White House press secretary Anna Kelly told The Hill that Trump’s warnings about Europe are nothing new and meant to protect the U.S.[12] With the midterms on November 3, a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed October 19 put Trump’s approval at 31%, the lowest of either term.[13] Reuters tied that to gasoline prices, and the poll can’t measure the effect of the France messaging.[13] The Hill describes the France warnings as part of his closing midterm pitch.[12]
The riots were real; the claim that they prove immigrants caused France’s unrest — or that a Democratic victory would bring the same crisis to the United States — is not established by the evidence cited here.
Don’t be fooled, America.
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Glem Melo is an imperfect but repentant evangelical missionary based in Oakland, California, USA.
With research and composition assistance from AI tools.
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Sources
[1] ACLED, “Europe and Central Asia Overview: June 2026,” June 5, 2026.
https://acleddata.com/update/europe-and-central-asia-overview-june-2026
[2] DutchNews.nl, “Three arrests as national anti-asylum protests draw small crowds,” May 18, 2026.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/three-arrests-as-national-anti-asylum-protests-draw-small-crowds/
[3] AFP via Malay Mail, “‘Make England Great Again’: Tommy Robinson rally draws tens of thousands amid rival London protests,” May 17, 2026.
https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2026/05/17/make-england-great-again-tommy-robinson-rally-draws-tens-of-thousands-amid-rival-london-protests/220224
[4] Yann Tessier and Marissa Davison, Reuters, via News Tribune, “Tens of thousands march in London in separate immigration, pro-Palestinian protests,” May 17, 2026.
https://www.newstribune.com/news/2026/may/17/tens-of-thousands-march-in-london-in-separate/
[5] White House, National Security Strategy of the United States of America, released December 2025.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf
Reported by Jon Henley, The Guardian, via Irish Examiner, “‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right,” Dec. 5, 2025.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41755116.html
[6] Teresa Medrano and Suman Naishadham, Associated Press via OPB, “From France to Albania, social unrest is setting Europe’s streets ablaze,” Oct. 20, 2026.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/10/20/from-france-to-albania-social-unrest-is-setting-europe-s-streets-ablaze/
[7] AP via Boston Globe, “Trump and Republicans blame France’s immigrants for riots without evidence,” Oct. 20, 2026.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/20/nation/trump-republicans-france-protests/
[8] Sylvie Corbet and Tom Nouvian, Associated Press via Boston Globe, “How France’s worst rioting in years erupted and how the government responded,” Oct. 19, 2026.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/19/world/france-riots-government-response/
[9] Jon Henley, The Guardian, “Europe’s far right seizes on protest violence to push authoritarian anti-immigration agenda,” Oct. 21, 2026 (amended Oct. 21 to remove a misattributed quote).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/europe-far-right-protest-violence-authoritarian-agenda
[10] France 24, “Trump exploits France riots to push false immigration claims ahead of midterms,” Oct. 21, 2026.
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20261021-trump-uses-france-riots-to-push-false-immigration-claims-ahead-of-midterms
[11] Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian, “‘America, this is a warning’: pro-Trump Maga media in a froth over Europe protests,” Oct. 22, 2026.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/trump-maga-media-europe-protests
[12] Julia Manchester, The Hill, “Trump finds ominous campaign message in French riots,” Oct. 20, 2026.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6160848-trump-warns-france-midterm-chaos/
[13] Jason Lange, Reuters via ThePrint, “Exclusive-Trump approval falls to record low of 31% as midterms near, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds,” Oct. 20, 2026.
https://theprint.in/world/exclusive-trump-approval-falls-to-record-low-of-31-as-midterms-near-reuters-ipsos-poll-finds/3076429/
