President Trump: There was a time when World War III was 'not far away'
The US president believes that a Kamala Harris administration could ignite a global conflict within a year.
US President Donald Trump believes his election victory was crucial in preventing World War III. He asserted that if former Vice President Kamala Harris had been elected last November, a global conflict would have occurred within a year.
On February 19th (US time), Mr. Trump reiterated his desire to be remembered as a "peacemaker and unifier" while in Miami Beach for an event hosted by the Future Investment Initiative (a non-profit organization run by Saudi Arabia's national investment fund). He stated that resolving conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine were key objectives in his foreign policy.
"Nobody profited from World War III, and nobody is far from it," President Trump told the audience. "If we had this administration for another year, everyone would be in World War III, but now that's not going to happen."
In his farewell address at the State Department last month, then-President Joe Biden said that his administration's biggest goals were to "bring the world together and protect Ukraine" and "avoid war between two nuclear powers."
Trump has criticized Biden and his team, including Harris, for what he considers serious incompetence. He has often argued that, under his leadership, tensions over Ukraine would not have escalated into armed conflict.
Earlier this week, senior officials from Russia and the United States met in Saudi Arabia to discuss improving relations, which have been strained under the Biden administration. Trump praised Riyadh's role in facilitating the talks, remarking they were successful and bolstering his administration's efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis.
This diplomatic intervention led to tension between Trump and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, who insisted that negotiations regarding the conflict should not take place without Kyiv's participation.
In his speech, Trump criticized Zelensky, calling the Kyiv leader "an unelected dictator" and arguing that Zelensky was draining American resources instead of seeking a diplomatic solution with Russia. Trump claimed Zelensky "wants to continue getting easy money," and warned that he "should act quickly or there will be no country left."
Earlier, Zelensky accused Trump of repeating "Russian misinformation" about his low approval ratings in Ukraine, citing a poll from a Kyiv-based polling firm that showed public support for him in power. In response, Trump asserted that he was relying on "real Ukrainian polls."
