Trump Warns Europe Immigrants and Windmills Are 'Killing the Beauty of Your Countries'

Trump delivered the rebuke while speaking to press upon landing in Scotland. Praising US efforts to curtail immigration—saying the border was effectively "shut down" last month—Trump urged European nations to follow his lead.

"We took out a lot of bad people that got there with Biden," Trump said. "You're allowing it to happen to your countries. You gotta stop this horrible invasion that's happening to Europe."

Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric comes as nationalist and far-right parties have gained traction in some parts of Europe. Ruling parties in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia share Trump's hardline stance against immigration, with populist parties in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark seeing increasing support.

Wind power—which Trump has been openly disdainful of for aesthetic reasons—has seen steady growth in Europe in past years. Because wind power generates electricity without emitting greenhouse gases or other pollutants, it's widely embraced as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. In the US, the Trump administration has eliminated policies that are preferential to clean energy sources, eliminated many environmental regulations, and encouraged the use of oil, coal, and nuclear energy resources.

European leaders have not yet publicly responded to Trump's cautionary advice. "You gotta get your act together," he declared. "Or you're not gonna have Europe anymore."