Trump: Mass Immigration Is “Decaying” European Nations, They May No Longer Be U.S. Allies
President Trump said the cultural and ideological changes caused by mass immigration are “decaying” European nations, to the point where they may no longer be U.S. allies. “They should be freaked out by what they’re doing to their countries. They’re destroying their countries,” Trump told Politico’s Dasha Burns in an interview aired Tuesday. “It gets to a point where you can’t really correct it. There’ll be a point, and it’s very close to that point.” “It will mean that they’re no longer going to be strong nations, or they won’t be allies,” Trump said. “They’ll change their ideology, obviously, because the people coming in have a totally different ideology. They’ll be much weaker, and they’ll be much different.”
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: What [Hungary’s leader Orban] has really gotten right is the immigration, because he allows nobody in his country, and Poland has done a very good job in that respect too. But most European nations, they’re decaying. They’re decaying. DASHA BURNS, NBC NEWS: You can imagine some leaders in Europe are a little freaked out by what your posture is. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Yeah, they should be freaked out by what they’re doing to their countries. They’re destroying their countries. DASHA BURNS: Well, European Council President- PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: And the people I like. Look, they’re people I like. I get along with them, you know that. But they can’t let this happen, and it gets to a point where you can’t really correct it. There’ll be a point, and it’s very close to that point. DASHA BURNS: What will that mean? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It will mean that they’re no longer going to be strong nations, or they won’t be allies, or they’ll be-well, it depends. They’ll change their ideology, obviously, because the people coming in have a totally different ideology. But it’s going to make them much weaker. They’ll be much weaker, and they’ll be much different. DASHA BURNS: And what will that mean for our relationship? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Look at your mayor of London. He’s a disaster. He’s a disaster. He’s got a totally different ideology from what he’s supposed to have. And he gets elected because so many people have come in, and they vote for him now because, you know, it’s like-it’s one of those things. But I hate what’s happened to London, and I hate what’s happened to Paris. I hate when I see it. DASHA BURNS: You know, sir, it’s sometimes hard to tell when you say these things. Do you intend to send a message of tough love to our allies to push them to make reforms, or do you think that many of them are just weak and you don’t really want to be allies with them? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think they’re weak, but I also think that they want to be so politically correct. I think they don’t know what to do. Europe doesn’t know what to do. They don’t know what to do on trade either. I mean, I look at a lot of the trade situation that’s going on over there – it’s a little bit dangerous. But Europe, they want to be politically correct, and it makes them weak. That’s what makes them weak. DASHA BURNS: It sounds like you want to see some pretty massive changes. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, I think they should get the people out that came into the country illegally. I want to ask about-you know, if you take a look at Sweden. So Sweden was known as the safest country in Europe, one of the safest countries in the world. Now it’s known as a very unsafe-well, pretty unsafe country. It’s not even believable. It’s a whole different country, Sweden.
