Donald Trump Calls Brussels a "Hellhole"

Trump criticized the city in the wake of terrorism threats.

This story originally appeared on Time.com.

Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of European living on Tuesday, calling Brussels "a hellhole," and the people who live there are not thrilled about it.

"You go to Brussels. I was in Brussels a long time ago—20 years ago—so beautiful, everything's so beautiful," he said on Fox News. "It's like living in a hellhole right now."

The city has struggled with lockdowns and terrorism threats in recent months, thanks in part to the fact that several of the perpetrators of the November attacks in Paris lived in Brussels. But Bloomberg reports residents objected to Trump blasting their home city, and many took to social media to protest his words.

We are not living in a #hellhole Mister Trump, but in a hell of a place! #Trump #Belgium

— Geert Noels (@GeertNoels) January 27, 2016

If people like @realDonaldTrump go to heaven, I prefer to go to a #hellhole. #visitbrussels #lovebrussels

— Lieven Bauwens (@bauwensl) January 27, 2016

Hey @realDonaldTrump, didn't you say hell would freeze over before you'd give up the prez run? Oh wait. #hellhole pic.twitter.com/zedD04BD98

— Philippe Duchesne (@pduchesne) January 27, 2016

@realDonaldTrump Greetings from Brussels! No #hellhole here! #visitbrussels pic.twitter.com/AtMgN4s61n

— Cathymini (@CathySteuve) January 27, 2016

I recall fondly every moment of the 5 yrs I spent in that #hellhole which is #bruxellesmabelle pic.twitter.com/Sv8AxG4W9z

— Eustace T. Wallace (@EustaceTheo) January 27, 2016

If Trump's current plan to boycott the Fox News debate holds, it doesn't sound like Megyn Kelly will get the chance to ask him what U.S. relations with the Brussels-based European Union would be like under a President Trump.

Trump criticized the city in the wake of terrorism threats.