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Trump Urges France To Close Borders As Macron To Address Nation
Newsweek ^ | October 18, 2026 | Jordan King

Posted on 10/18/2026 10:45:14 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

U.S. President Donald Trump has urged France to close its borders in response to the ongoing violent protests there, blaming immigrants "with hatred in their hearts," as French President Emmanuel Macron is set to "solemnly" address the nation.

Protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools have rocked France since September 28, with many leading to violent clashes, fires and looting.

On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the country with riot police responding. Photos have captured dramatic scenes of burning cars and trash bins, shattered shopfronts and plumes of smoke rising all over cities and towns. Limoges City Hall, built more than 140 years ago, was largely destroyed by fire and at least one municipal police station was damaged.

Macron is set to "solemnly" address the country at 8 p.m. on Sunday night, the Elysée Palace announced, after meeting with the Prime Minister and other government ministers.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: European Union; France; Germany; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: emmanuelmacron; europeanunion; france; germany; macron; macronspeech; unitedkingdom

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1 posted on 10/18/2026 10:45:14 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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What will be the message? Shelter-in-place?


2 posted on 10/18/2026 10:46:48 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

Macron is going to speak in 12 minutes from now.


3 posted on 10/18/2026 10:48:02 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Emma will not blame the hordes of third world savages he let in that much we know.


4 posted on 10/18/2026 10:53:28 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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No doubt that muslims are involved in the violence. But many of the recent videos I’ve seen appear to involve lots of young ANTIFA type losers. Those people may come from outside or may live in France.

At this point France (and the U.S.) has a much bigger problem than just closing borders. We have to arrest and cripple the communist organizations behind this.


5 posted on 10/18/2026 11:00:26 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

The red-green alliance.


6 posted on 10/18/2026 11:00:59 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Get your white flags ready, we surrender.


7 posted on 10/18/2026 11:01:36 AM PDT by DownInFlames (p)
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We're gonna have to parachute the 101st Airborne in to keep them from burning the Louvre and destroying the Mona Lisa, aren't we?

The Louve does not belong to France. The Louve belongs to all of Western Civilization and if France won't defend it, someone else must.

8 posted on 10/18/2026 11:02:55 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: All

Adresse aux Français. https://t.co/AuPsZ3iM8l— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 18, 2026


9 posted on 10/18/2026 11:04:41 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Macron is set to "solemnly" address the country...

He'll be regaling the French nation with how he and his "wife" enjoyed last night's Celine concert.

10 posted on 10/18/2026 11:08:45 AM PDT by C210N
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Protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools have rocked France since September 28, with many leading to violent clashes, fires and looting.

This NewsWeak article is craptastic reporting and they know they riots have been ongoing for a decade, as more invaders come with their ideas, which are incompatible with ideals of France....


11 posted on 10/18/2026 11:10:46 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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We're gonna have to parachute the 101st Airborne in to keep them from burning the Louvre and destroying the Mona Lisa, aren't we?

We should do that.

12 posted on 10/18/2026 11:12:24 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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“Protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools” Total BS. They hate western society, freedom and women who want their human rights. Stop making excuses.


13 posted on 10/18/2026 11:12:43 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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France has a lot of Nukes shouldn’t someone collect them and keep them out of the hands of the muslims


14 posted on 10/18/2026 11:15:05 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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Address au silince


15 posted on 10/18/2026 11:15:57 AM PDT by ReganFan4ever (Jesus saves. Moses invests.)
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> French President Emmanuel Macron is set to "solemnly" address the nation. <

Here we see President Macron with two of his closest supporters. One can only wonder what the great man will say.

(Unfortunately for France, this is not a photoshop.)

16 posted on 10/18/2026 11:16:07 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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Sound button is on lower right.


17 posted on 10/18/2026 11:18:34 AM PDT by ReganFan4ever (Jesus saves. Moses invests.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Enemymedia all parroting the lie that this is
“Protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools”. No, it’s the Red-Green alliance. They are going to try the same thing here.


18 posted on 10/18/2026 11:27:50 AM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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Protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools

Newsweek journalists sure do type like Democrats. Weird that.

19 posted on 10/18/2026 11:30:14 AM PDT by Kudsman (Beware Slotkin the Childless. )
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What will be the message?

Well, if the left has given him the talking points, it will be "Trump's fault".

20 posted on 10/18/2026 11:33:15 AM PDT by Kudsman (Beware Slotkin the Childless. )
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