Published 2 October 2024 at 16.33
Foreign. Former US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after the Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel. Trump says the Democratic Party leadership has failed to contain Iran, and that their policies are bringing the world closer to global war.
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During a campaign rally in Waunakee, Wisconsin, as well as via his social network Truth Social, Donald Trump condemned the Biden administration's handling of the conflict in the Middle East.
He claimed that Iran during his presidency was «in desperate need of money, fully under control and eager to reach a settlement».
Trump also accused Kamala Harris of «flooding Iran with American money», which according to him has led to increased terrorism in the region. «War or the threat of war is going on everywhere, and the two incompetent people running this country are leading us to the brink of World War III,» he warned.
The Iranian attack came in response to Israel's killing of senior Hamas and Hezbollah leaders on Iranian and Lebanese soil. While both Iran and Israel have given conflicting accounts of the effectiveness of the missile attack, Israel is expected to respond militarily soon, according to media reports.
Support for Israel remains strong within both major political parties in the United States, with nearly all members of Congress receiving paid for by the Israel lobby. But the Democrats have begun to face criticism from some of their own voters. The protests against the US' continued arms shipments to Israel have become increasingly tangible. The so-called «uncommitted» movement has previously threatened not to vote for Biden unless he exerts pressure on Israel to bring about a ceasefire.
Trump used his criticism of Biden and Harris to alert voters to the upcoming presidential election. He believed that a victory for the Democrats would lead the world towards a global catastrophe.
— If the Democrats win the election next month, the world will go up in smoke, he said, emphasizing that he could handle the situation better than the current one the administration.