Donald Trump blasts Europe on migration policies: ‘They would become much weaker’

“If it keeps going the way it’s going, Europe will not be, in my opinion, many of those countries will not be viable countries any longer,” he added.

‘Politically correct’

“Europe, they want to be politically correct, and it makes them weak,” Trump said, adding that European countries “should get the people out that came into the country illegally.”

“They want to be politically correct – which, actually, I think is the opposite of political correct – and they don’t want to send them back to where they came from,” he said.

Referring to Sweden and Germany, he said: “They go from a crime-free country to a country that has a lot of crime. Germany was crime free and Angela made two big mistakes, immigration, and energy, but those two are beauties.”

He praised Hungary and Poland for their restrictive migration policies but said that “most European nations, they’re decaying,” claiming leaders were “allowing people to come in, unchecked, unvetted.”

Trump also said he would be willing to back European politicians in their domestic elections. “I’ve endorsed people, but I’ve endorsed people that a lot of Europeans don’t like. I’ve endorsed Viktor Orbán,” he said.

President Donald Trump, left, greets Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

On migration, he continued: “What Orbán has really gotten right is immigration because he allows nobody in his country and Poland has done a very good job in that respect, too.”

He warned Europe would become “much weaker” due to migration, “because the people coming in have a totally different ideology.”

Trump singled out London mayor Sadiq Khan — one of his most frequent political targets — calling him “a disaster,” adding: “I hate what’s happened to London, and I hate what’s happened to Paris.”

‘They talk, but the war just keeps going on’

Trump also dismissed the role of European nations in Ukraine diplomacy, saying that if Europe wants to keep supporting Ukraine until they can win this war, “they should support it.”

“Europe is not doing a good job in many ways. They’re not doing a good job. They talk too much. And they’re not producing. We are talking about Ukraine: they talk, but they don’t produce, and the war just keeps going on.”

Additionally, in a pointed swipe at Ukraine’s leadership, Trump urged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to call new elections, seizing on Zelenskyy’s weakened political standing following a corruption scandal. “They haven’t had an election in a long time,” Trump said. “You know, they talk about a democracy, but it gets to a point where it’s not a democracy anymore.”

He also argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin benefits from the situation: “Putin wants to see weak Europe and he is getting that.”

“I see what’s happening, I get reports that you will never see,” Trump said. “And I think it’s horrible, what’s happening to Europe. I think it’s endangering Europe as we know it, Europe could be a whole different place, and I think the European people should do something about it.”