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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Trump claims France riots shows what’s at stake in the midterms: ‘A once great nation burned to the ground’

Donald Trump has claimed, without evidence, the violent protests sweeping France are being carried out by “migrants, jihadists, and Communists who hate Christianity, and Western Civilization, itself” in a stark warning to U.S. midterms voters.

The president delivered a rally in Park City, Kansas, in support of incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall but nevertheless also found time to post 88 times on Truth Social over the course of a 10-hour stretch on an exhausting variety of subjects.

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