Trump at UN: Europe ‘Destroyed by Immigration and Climate Policies’
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In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly since 2020, US President Donald Trump launched a scathing critique of Europe’s migration and climate policies. Speaking in New York on 23 September, Trump described irregular migration as “destroying your heritage” and warned that Europe was facing an “unmitigated immigration disaster.”
Trump branded immigration and climate policies a “double-tailed monster,” claiming they were devastating the continent. “If you don’t stop people you’ve never seen before, people you have nothing in common with, your country is going to fail,” he told European leaders, accusing them of prioritising political correctness over cultural preservation.
The President urged an immediate end to what he called the “failed experiment of open borders,” insisting European nations were “going to hell” if current policies persisted.
While Trump delivered his warnings, the European Union reported a 25% drop in irregular border crossings in 2024 compared to the previous year. Eurostat figures show non-EU nationals made up 6.4% of the EU population in 2024.
Turning his criticism towards the UN itself, Trump accused the organisation of financing irregular migration globally, including into the US, and called for it to “stop invasions, not create them.”
