Trump says Paris will soon become a "Muslim city" and blames immigrants for unrest in France

UNITED STATES — US President Donald Trump said Paris would soon become a "Muslim city" and blamed immigrants for unrest in France, according to reports published by Al Jazeera English and haber7.com on 19 October 2026.

Al Jazeera reported that Trump made the comments after a weekend of protests and looting in France. The broadcaster's headline quoted him as saying: "Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon." The Turkish news site haber7.com carried the same claim in its headline.

According to Al Jazeera, Trump also criticised French President Emmanuel Macron. He said Macron had failed to close France's borders. The report did not say how Trump framed that criticism or where he spoke.

What the sources do not say

The two sources contain few details. Al Jazeera's account is a short summary of a video report. The haber7.com item, as provided, includes only a headline.

Neither source says where or when Trump made the remarks, or whether he spoke at an event, in an interview or on social media. Neither gives the locations of the protests and looting, the number of people involved, or any figures on arrests, injuries or damage.

The sources also do not include a response from Macron, the French government or Muslim community organisations in France. Nor do they offer evidence for Trump's claim about the future of Paris. The statement is reported here as his assertion, not as an established fact.

Al Jazeera's wording says Trump "blamed immigrants" for the unrest. The sources do not say whether French authorities have identified the cause of the protests or looting, or whether they have linked the events to any particular group.

Background

The remarks fall within a wider debate about how politicians and media discuss Muslims and immigration in Western countries. Searches on the topic often use terms such as Islamophobia. The source material for this report does not address that debate directly, and it does not include comment from rights groups or researchers.

What the sources do establish is limited. A US president made a claim about the religious identity of a European capital, tied it to immigration, and criticised the French president's border policy. Al Jazeera reported this on 19 October 2026, and haber7.com published a headline making the same claim.

Zenga News will update this report if further details emerge, including the context of the remarks and any response from French officials.