“New York City was under siege last night,” Trump told supporters at a rally in Wisconsin, praising police officers who arrested about 300 protesters at Columbia and City College in New York, whom he described as ” rabid lunatics and Hamas sympathizers”.
The demands of the protesting students vary from school to school, but many are calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza and for their universities to divest from companies with military ties to Israel.
Trump’s comments were part of an expansion in recent days of student protests against the Gaza war across the US, as the Republican candidate seeks to capitalize on public concern over unrest on college campuses.
“I say dismantle the camps immediately, crush the radicals and take back our campuses for all normal students who want a safe place to learn,” Trump said.
The Republican candidate also sought to blame the unrest on Democratic President Joe Biden and criticized a possible move by his administration – hinted at by a White House spokesman on Wednesday – to resettle in the US some Palestinian refugees associated with Americans.
“Your towns and villages will now receive people from Gaza and various other places,” Trump said, prompting boos from his supporters. “Under no circumstances should we bring in thousands of refugees,” he added.
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