Donald Trump says he averted WW3 with key move – | Political News

President Trump boldly claimed that if he wasn’t elected, there would’ve been a “World War 3” during a prolonged speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. 

Trump, in discussing the tensions between Russia and Ukraine, as the struggle continues into its fourth 12 months, acknowledged that World War 3 might have occurred if Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris gained the 2024 election.

Trump praised particular envoy Steve Witkoff, seemingly in reference to his continued efforts on Ukraine and Russia peace plans.

“We’re not gonna have World War 3, we want to get it stopped, we’re not gonna have World War 3, I think if I wasn’t elected I think that could’ve evloved into World War 3 it was a very very bad situation, and it still is but its not that kind of bad, it’s bad because so many young people are being killed,” he said.

Trump asserted that the U.S. was “reasonably close” to “making a deal,” including that Russian Preisdent Vladamir Putin and Ukrainain president Volodymr Zelensky seemingly butt heads when a deal is on the desk.

” I think Ukraine want’s to make a deal… what happens is often times we’ll have a deal with Russia, Russia’s set and president Zelensky will not do it,” he said. “And then we’ll have president Zelensky who want’s to make a deal and Putin doesn’t want to make a deal, it’s a very difficult balance,” Trump said.

Trump’s claims concerning Kamala Harris’s hypothetical World War 3 White House tenure got here during a prolonged, over an hour long speech in which the commander in cheif often veered of into numerous overseas coverage and home topics.

Early into his speech, Trump had postured himself as extremely essential of NATO allies, saying that the U.S. had” never gotten anything from helping NATO.”

“We will be with NATO 100%, but I’m not sure they will be there for us,” Trump said.

During his remarks,Trump also declared that NATO should not interfere with U.S. control over Greenland.

“What I’m asking for is a piece of ice, cold and poorly situated,” Trump stated, adding about NATO: “It’s a very small ask in contrast to what we have now given them for many, many many years.”

“This monumental unsecured island is definitely half of North America,” Trump declared. “That’s our territory.”

“We in all probability will not get something unless I resolve to use extreme strength and pressure, where we might be frankly unstoppable. But I will not do that,” he said in reference to Greenland. He adds: “I haven’t got to use pressure, I do not need to use pressure, I will not use pressure,” he declared.