Megan Basham
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So meanwhile, in Britain, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been facing intense political pressure.
And over the weekend, we finally started seeing reports that he has come to the conclusion that he must step down.
President Trump posted a statement online yesterday confirming that news and giving his approval, saying that Starmer had failed badly on immigration and energy in particular, but for what it's worth, he did wish him well.
But certainly an interesting juxtaposition against those viral European videos that are primarily celebrating America's red state culture.
My pleasure.
This is not just some fluke.
Yeah, Georgia, this was really a case of protest versus protest.
So as you said, the immediate spark here was that appalling video that came out of Belfast.
Authorities charged a Sudanese migrant with attempted murder after that attack blinded a local disabled man.
But what's striking is that many people on the ground insist that this is not about just that singular crime.
So I spoke with Northern Ireland pastor and commentator Jamie Bambrick, and he told me that frustration has been building for years over mass migration and the crime and the violence that come with it, as well as over the preferential treatment that these new migrants receive from the government in terms of free housing.
and financial help that citizens don't qualify for.
So Bambrick told me that Prime Minister Keir Starmer and local leaders there on the ground have been unwilling to hear that frustration.
Something else that Bambrick stressed is that protests in Northern Ireland are fundamentally different from what we've seen in the rest of Europe and the rest of the UK.
He says these arson attacks were meant to send a very targeted message and not to the politicians because the Northern Irish no longer believe that their politicians are listening.
He said that these riots were intended to serve as a warning to landlords and to the migrants who are considering coming to Northern Ireland.
Now, Pastor Bambrick stressed that he has members of his church who are law-abiding immigrants.
They pay taxes.
They love Ireland.
They're working to assimilate.