Bangladesh, July 27 -- 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 Trumps second term, reflect his administrations hardline stance on border control and its broader ideological alignment with nationalist movements across Europe.

Trumps comments were blunt and incendiary. “Youre allowing it to happen to your countries, and youve got to stop this horrible invasion thats happening to Europe,” he said, in reference to ongoing migrant inflows. He warned that European leaders ...