The former president of the United States Donald Trump praised the New York Police Department (NYPD) for removing pro-Palestinian protesters from a Columbia University building, the Associated Press reported. At the same time, however, he also left points for the attitude of the police.

Trump called live on Fox News to say the NYPD intervention was “unbelievable” and “not afraid of anything.” “It should have been done earlier. But it should never have come to this,” he said, referring to the fact that students were able to occupy the Hamilton Hall building.

“They should have done it long before they took over the building, because it would have been much easier if they were in tents rather than in a building. And also a huge amount of damage has been done,” he said.

“It’s so sad thing to see… when you see it you can’t even believe it,” he said about anti-Semitism in the US, also criticizing Joe Biden for his politics.

NYPD officers entered Hamilton Hall through a second-story window, using ladders.