MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump warned that the “planet” is on the brink of “World War Three” in his Republican National Convention speech Thursday.
“Then there is an international crisis the likes of which the world has seldom been part of,” the GOP nominee for president said in his remarks at Fiserv Forum.
“War is now raging in Europe and the Middle East, a growing specter of conflict hangs over Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, and all of Asia, and our planet is teetering on the edge of World War Three,” he added, “and this will be a war like no other.”
Trump, 78, has argued on the campaign trail that he could end Russia’s war against Ukraine in one day, and he has demanded in public remarks that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finish the battle against Hamas swiftly.
He has repeatedly blamed President Biden, 81, for both conflicts, claiming that neither would’ve happened under his watch.
“I will end every single international crisis that the current administration has created — including the horrible war with Russia and Ukraine — which would have never happened if I were president — and the war caused by the attack on Israel — which would have never happened if I were president,” Trump said in his keynote address.
The ex-commander in chief touted that he was “the first president in modern times to start no new wars.”
“There was peace in Europe and the Middle East,” Trump said.
The 45th president also took aim at two of his predecessors, blaming former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama for previous Russian land grabs.
“Under President Bush, Russia invaded Georgia. Under President Obama, Russia took Crimea. Under the current administration, Russia is after all of Ukraine,” Trump said.
“Under President Trump, Russia took nothing,” he added.
The GOP nominee for president argued that Biden administration’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan animated Russian aggression, emboldened Hamas to attack Israel and has contributed to Chinese saber-rattling.
“Emboldened by that disaster, Russia invaded Ukraine. Israel endured the worst attack in its history. Now China is circling Taiwan, and Russian warships and nuclear submarines are operating 60 miles off our coasts in Cuba,” Trump argued.
Trump’s speech closed the four-day Republican National Convention, where he was formally anointed as party’s nominee for president.
