Tuesday 27 September 2022 11:50 PM Trump says prospects of World War III keeps him up at night and tears into ... trends now
Donald Trump said the idea of an impending World War III 'keeps him up at night' during a wide-range interview where he went on a rant against New York Attorney General Letitia James and repeated his claim that the Ukraine war would have been avoided if he were still president.
He said that due to nuclear power, the world is the most dangerous it's 'ever' been, as the former president warned that international affairs are spelling doom.
The predictions of a possible WWIII, Trump said, are based on the war between Russia and Ukraine, which started in February, and the growing feud internationally over the island nation of Taiwan and its autonomy from China.
'I think more than anything else, I think we could end up in World War III,' Trump said when asked by John Catsimatidis on his radio show Tuesday evening 'what are the things that keep you up at night right now?'
'To be throwing around the word cavalierly like nuclear is a very bad time,' the 45th president said. 'A very bad time for this country and a very bad and a very dangerous time for the world.'
Trump also said that if he were still at the helm, Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine. He said that after President Joe Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer, Putin saw a weakness in U.S. leadership.
Donald Trump said that the prospects of an impending WWIII keep him awake at night
Based on the war between Russia and Ukraine and the dispute over Taiwan's autonomy from China. Trump repeated his claim that Russia wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if he were still president. Pictured: Ukraine National Guard check for mines along a road in Kharkiv on September 20
'I think it was the most embarrassing and horrible moment – just about the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country,' Trump said of the Afghanistan debacle. 'I think Putin saw that.'
'But he would have never done it, that would have never been a problem,' Trump said in the hypothetical situation where he is still president. 'He was not going to go into
