President Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed France’s nationwide student protests on Islam and mass migration.

Reports from major outlets such as The New York Times, CNN and The Associated Press do not mention any prominent involvement of Muslim groups or migrants in the demonstrations, which expanded across France on Tuesday. “Neither immigration nor religion have figured in the demands of students, who are calling for more teachers and better school facilities,” The Times wrote.

But that didn’t stop Trump from recklessly weighing in on the conflict.

“What’s happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration,” he wrote on Truth Social. “This isn’t about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country! President DJT.”

The Times reported that labor unions also gathered in support of students who have blockaded schools for weeks to raise awareness of understaffing, overflowing classrooms, and decrepit buildings.

Hundreds of schools have been closed, and thousands of demonstrators have been apprehended by police, CNN reported. Violence has erupted as well.

Trump and Islamophobia are no strangers. In the midterm election cycle, he has tried to stoke fear about Muslim candidate Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in the Michigan Senate race.

After El-Sayed and other progressives won their primaries, Trump called them “jihadists.” The president shared a post using his full name, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, in side-by-side photos of Trump with first lady Melania Trump and El-Sayed with his wife, Sarah Jukaku, who wore a hijab. “Two VERY DIFFERENT America’s,” the caption read.

Trump fomented record-breaking hate against Islam last year, according to a study reported by Reuters, through his crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests and immigration.

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