During a visit to Scotland focused on his business holdings, including golf resorts, US President Donald Trump ignited international controversy by claiming that immigration is “killing” Europe. The remarks, made on the heels of increasingly stringent immigration policies in the US under Trump’s second term, reflect his administration’s hardline stance on border control and its broader ideological alignment with nationalist movements across Europe.

Trump’s comments were blunt and incendiary. “You’re allowing it to happen to your countries, and you’ve got to stop this horrible invasion that’s happening to Europe,” he said, in reference to ongoing migrant inflows. He warned that European leaders “better get [their] act together, or [they’re] not going to have Europe anymore.”

These remarks are consistent with Trump’s long-standing opposition to large-scale migration, particularly from the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. However, his language has become more extreme since retaking the Oval Office in January. He now openly refers to migration into Europe as an “invasion” and has framed the issue in existential terms-warning of the potential “death” of European culture, identity, and security.

Trump also used the moment to praise his administration’s record. “As you know, last month we had nobody entering our country. We removed a lot of bad people who got in,” he said, citing the success of his recent crackdown on undocumented migrants at the US-Mexico border. Since January, the Trump administration has........

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