# Macron rejects Trump’s claims blaming migrants for French riots

https://mins.news/en/item/109736

- France 24, 2026-10-21 15:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261021-macron-rejects-trump-s-claims-blaming-migrants-for-french-riots

> Macron criticized statements by foreign leaders about France’s October 17 protest violence and rejected Trump’s assertion that migrants were to blame. He later reached Saudi Arabia during his Gulf tour.

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