‘Close’: Trump claims World War III could erupt if he does not become president again
Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, Donald Trump declared World War III is "close," and issuing a warning suggesting if he does not win re-election in November it could erupt.
Video of his full remarks was published by Florida's WPTV. A shorter clip is below.
Trump's meeting, criticized by some as a violation of the Logan Act, comes at a critical time for the U.S. and Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu, a Trump-supporter who is considered by some to be refusing to end the Gaza War, addressed Congress on Wednesday at the invitation of House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Netanyahu on Thursday.
In May, The International Criminal Court (ICC) filed to obtain arrest warrants for Netanyahu, alleging war crimes.
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Trump quickly launched into an attack on Vice President Kamala Harris, who is his likely 2024 presidential opponent, telling reporters she is, "a radical left person, San Francisco, destroyed San Francisco. She's really a destroyer. She isn't a builder."
"I actually don't know how a person who's Jewish can vote for her. But that's up to them," Trump added.
"Now she's taken over and she's worse than him. She's actually worse than him. So we'll see how it goes. But if it all works out. If we win, it'll be very simple. It's all gonna work out and very quickly."
"If we don't we're going to end up with major wars in the Middle East and maybe a Third World War. You are closer to a Third World War right now than at any time since the Second World War. We've never been so close because we have incompetent people running our country," Trump claimed.
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