Trump blames French student protests on Islam, ‘out of control mass migration’

President Trump blamed the widespread student-led protests in France on Islam and “out of control mass migration” on Tuesday.

“What’s happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn’t about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country,” he wrote in a Truth Social post.

Student protests have called for more teachers and better schooling facilities, as neither immigration nor religion have been included in their demands, according to The New York Times .

Since late last month, protests have popped up across France, which has caused clashes with police and school officials. The protests began Sept. 21 at a high school in a suburb of Paris over teacher shortages and deteriorating building conditions.

One student, Issam Makhloufi, described conditions in the classroom as “not ventilated,” and that students “can barely open the windows,” per The Times.

Since the start of the protests, more than 100 students, police officers and demonstrators have been injured, while Education Minister Édouard Geffray told France 2 at least 24 schools have been ransacked or set on fire.

A 15-year-old reportedly lost his lower arm and hand after he picked up and detonated a police stun grenade, newspaper La Voix du Nord reported. At least one student lost teeth and others suffered eye injuries during the protests, according to the BBC .

It is unclear when the protests may end, as France’s justice minister Gérald Darmanin said, “one of the difficulties of this movement is that there are no national demands. It all started with local demands.”

Conservatives have echoed Trump’s point, blaming the European Union’s (EU) immigration policies for the protests.

“I would also say as we’re sitting here in beautiful New York City, this is a cautionary tale,” Fox News co-host Tomi Lahren said on “The Big Weekend Show.”

In June, the EU enacted an overhaul of its immigration system , increasing deportations and beginning construction on detention centers abroad. Critics of the overhaul compared it to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the U.S. which has detained a record number of people in Trump’s second term.

French President Emmanuel Macron also alleged in January that Trump wanted to “weaken and subordinate” Europe, adding in February that the Trump administration was “openly anti-European.”

Macron’s comments spill over into issues including Trump’s push to acquire Greenland and his tariff policies.