What's Up With Trump's World War 3 Message?
Biden has not made any direct statement on Trump’s comments about World War III. However, he has criticized Trump for his foreign policy failures and his alleged corruption
Former president Donald Trump has warned that the world is likely to face an all-out nuclear World War III under the Biden administration.
He has also announced his plan to build an impenetrable dome over the U.S. to protect it from nuclear threats. He has blamed Biden for the Russia-Ukraine conflict and claimed that he would negotiate a peace deal within 24 hours if he were president.
Biden has not made any direct statement on Trump’s comments about World War III. However, he has criticized Trump for his foreign policy failures and his alleged corruption1. He has also defended his own actions to support Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia.
Some of the statements from Biden are:
- "He (Trump) is now doing what he said 10 months ago would lead to World War III: he is sending in American tanks. He is sending in American troops. He is sending in American weapons. He is sending in American money. He is sending in American diplomacy. He is sending in American leadership."
- "We will not be subsidizing Putin’s war. We will not be subsidizing Putin’s aggression. We will not be subsidizing Putin’s violation of international law and norms."
- "He (Trump) is the most corrupt president in American history and it is not even close. But the good news is, we are going to reverse every single crisis, calamity and disaster that Joe Biden has created."
Putin and Nuclear Threats
Putin has not explicitly mentioned nuclear war, but he has orderedRussia’s nuclear forces to be on a special alert.
He has also given Belarus a mobile ballistic missile system capable of carrying nuclear warheads. He has warned that "whoever tries to hinder us" in Ukraine would see consequences "you have never seen in your history".
Some of the statements from Putin are:
- "Such a threat is growing, it would be wrong to hide it."
- "We have not gone mad, we are aware of what nuclear weapons are."
- "We aren’t about to run around the world brandishing this weapon like a razor."
- "We do not have nuclear weapons, including tactical ones, on the territory of other countries, but the Americans do - in Turkey, and in a number of other European countries."
The North Korean Dilemma
According to some experts and media reports, there are indications that North Korea has developed and tested intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that may carry multiple nuclear warheads and are capable of targeting any location in the United States. North Korea has also tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone that is under development.
These tests have violated the U.N. Security Council resolutions and have escalated the tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
North Korea has accused the United States and South Korea of provoking a nuclear war through their joint military drills and has threatened to respond with "offensive action". The U.S. and its allies have condemned North Korea’s missile tests and have vowed to take all necessary measures to ensure their security.