Donald Trump used an impromptu press conference in Scotland to give advice to Keir Starmer on the need to stop illegal migrants crossing the English Channel.
Speaking from his golf course alongside Sir Keir and his wife Victoria, the President was asked what his advice would be on stopping the small boats crisis as he makes huge headway in deporting illegal immigrants from America.
President Trump warned the Prime Minister that those coming across on dinghies are “bad people”, but praised efforts to end crossings.
He told the media: “Immigration is a big factor, and I think frankly if they’re coming from other countries and you don’t know who they are – are they coming from prisons? We have it where they came in from prisons. We’re moving them all out.
“We had zero people come into the country [last month] other than those coming through legal means. If you’re stopping immigration and stopping the wrong people my hat’s off to you.
“If the boats are loaded up with bad people, and they usually are because other countries don’t send their best. They send people that they don’t want – they’re not stupid people, and they send the people they don’t want.”
He praised Sir Keir for taking a “much stronger stance” on migrant boats than the previous government, with the Prime Minister citing his recent agreement with France to return migrants to Calais.
Sir Keir cited his claim he has returned 35,000 people during his first year, though only a small percentage of those were involuntary deportations.
He added: “We’re very pleased we’re getting on with returning people who have got no right to be here.”
The President warned that Europe has become “a much different place than it was five, ten years ago” due to mass immigration, warning that leaders “need to get their act together” or risk not having Europe “any more as you know it.”
“This is a magnificent part of the world and you can’t ruin it, you can’t let people come here illegally. And what happens is there will be murdered, drug dealers, all sorts of things other countries don’t want.”