Trump Commends NYPD for Arresting Columbia University Anti-Israel Protesters ‘Beautiful thing to watch’

Former US President Donald Trump commended the NYPD on Wednesday for swiftly handling the situation at Columbia University and City College of New York, where hundreds of anti-Israel and pro-terror demonstrators were rounded up the previous night.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Wisconsin, Trump referred to the protesters as “raging lunatics and Hamas sympathisers,” praising the police for their rapid response.

NYPD cleared out anti-Israel protesters occupying the campuses of Columbia University and City College of New York Tuesday night. Getty Images

Trump recounted the events, describing how protesters erected an encampment on the CUNY campus and illegally took over an academic building at Columbia.

He commended the NYPD for their efficiency, highlighting their efforts to intervene and restore order safely within two hours.

Approximately 300 protesters were arrested during the police raids on the two campuses.

This rally marked Trump’s first major campaign event since the start of his Manhattan criminal trial related to alleged hush money payments made to Adult star Stormy Daniels.

Police stormed the building at Columbia that the demonstrators occupied as part of their protest against Israel’s war against Hamas.AFP via Getty Images: Some 300 arrests were made during the raids.NYPD

 

Trump also held a rally in Michigan, where he criticised the legal proceedings against him as “bulls—.”

He denounced the indictments as an assault on the constitutional rights of all Americans and vowed to fight them.

Trump emphasised the importance of the upcoming elections, asserting that the American people would hold President Biden accountable for what he described as attempts to undermine the country.

Trump held rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan Wednesday, on a rare day off from his Manhattan criminal trial related to alleged hush money payments made to Adult star Stormy Daniels. AP

country.”

Trump held rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan Wednesday, on a rare day off from his Manhattan criminal trial related to alleged hush money payments made to Adult star Stormy Daniels. AP

 

According to a recent Fox News poll, Michigan and Wisconsin are battleground states where Trump and Biden are evenly matched.

In Wisconsin, they are tied at 48% each in a head-to-head contest, with Biden leading by a narrow margin in a five-way race.

In Michigan, Trump leads with 49% support compared to Biden’s 46%, but his lead narrows to 42%-40% in a five-way race.