Brussels: Is the Capital of Europe Crumbling Before Our Eyes? – IOTW Report

Brussels: Is the Capital of Europe Crumbling Before Our Eyes?

Gatestone Institute – When President Donald Trump compared Brussels, Belgium to a “hellhole” in 2016, the statement caused quite a stir, especially in Europe, and was treated with that mixture of contempt, ignorance and denial of reality typical of a certain “elite” in the European Union. Trump had made these remarks in the context of discussions on immigration and security, and suggested that Brussels had changed for the worse over the years, mainly as a result of uncontrolled lawless migratory submersion.

While the facts proved him right at the time, it might be said in 2025 that the Lebanonization of Brussels shows that his judgment was visionary.

Crime explosion

Crime rates are rising everywhere in Brussels, particularly in an area in the spotlight for its frequent shootings: the Bruxelles-Midi Zone (Saint-Gilles, Forest, Anderlecht). Between 2022 and 2023, notes the newspaper L’Echo, robberies and extortion rose by 23%, robberies without weapons by 34%, pickpocketing by 27%, and armed robberies by a staggering 53%. This area is home to five of Brussels’ 15 drug-trafficking “hot spots.” These hot spots are so “hot” in fact, that even the police hesitate to go there. more here

10 Comments on Brussels: Is the Capital of Europe Crumbling Before Our Eyes?

  1. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if NATO HQ in Brussels has to be evacuated by helicopters before PDT’s second term is over. He tried to tell them, but they laughed on his face.

    And the spectacle of EUrocrats like Klaus Schwab and Ursula von der Leyen being dragged through the streets of Brussels inches closer to reality with each passing day. Maybe it’s better that EU weaponry burns in Ukraine rather than falling into the hands of muslim hordes, as in Afghanistan.

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  2. Eliminate any taxpayer/government funded security for the Belgian officials, “elites” and bureaucrats – let them rely on whatever public police force they have. These people can pay for private security themselves if they want it, although they will surely kick and scream that they are too important to do this.

    I suspect this will fix the problem forthwith.

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  3. After 9-11, several books came out about the predictions of Nostradamus and the predictions had battles taking place in European cities. The Authors were perplexed why cities safely in Europe would be included in warzones. Nobody but Nostradamus could predict that obama, biden and the eurothrash would import the muzzies so they could reach us.

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