Violence in Europe: Trump cites immigration after a journalist’s question

On October 26, 2026, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Donald Trump was asked whether violence in Europe might worsen. He said he was not concerned and attributed the issue to immigration, criticizing European leaders for not acting sooner. Frontex detected about 178,000 irregular crossings at the EU’s external borders in 2025, a 26% drop from 2024. Eurostat estimated that 30.6 million non-EU citizens lived in EU member states as of January 1, 2025.