President Trump and EU Voice Concerns After Violence Erupts in Hong Kong

President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing a bill for border funding legislation in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2019. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP

U.S. President Donald Trump and the European Union have expressed concerns about the latest clash between protesters and police in Hong Kong.

On July 1, the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British to Chinese rule, over half a million people took to the city’s streets to demand the local government withdraw a controversial extradition bill. Millions of Hongkongers also took to the streets in two separate marches last month to protest the bill.