Hours earlier than the vice presidential debate, former President Donald Trump addressed a crowd at his marketing campaign rally in Wisconsin and bashed the Biden administration over Iran’s historic assault on Israel.
“A short time ago, Iran launched 181 ballistic missiles at Israel… I’ve been talking about World War III for a long time, and I don’t want to make predictions because the predictions always come true. We’re not going to make [predictions]… but they are very close to global catastrophe,” Trump mentioned. “We have a non-existent president and a non-existent vice president who should be in charge, but nobody knows what’s going on.”
Trump’s feedback come after Israel mentioned Iran launched 181 ballistic missiles on the nation, marking the most important ballistic missile assault in historical past.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps mentioned the assault was in retaliation for the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon, in an Israeli airstrike late final week and the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July, in keeping with Fox Information Chief Overseas Correspondent Trey Yingst.
IRAN ATTACK ON ISRAEL ‘INEFFECTIVE’ BUT A ‘SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION’: WHITE HOUSE
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump listens at a city corridor marketing campaign occasion at Macomb Neighborhood Faculty, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Warren, Mich. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned in a press release launched by Iranian state media that if Israel responds to the missile barrage, “it will face crushing attacks.”
Trump accused President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of weak management on the world stage.
“That’s why Israel was under attack just a little while ago. Because they don’t respect our country anymore. The so-called enemy doesn’t respect our country any longer,” Trump mentioned.
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Trump blasted President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after Iran launched an enormous ballistic missile assault on Israel. (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
Trump claimed Biden and Harris made Iran wealthy in a really brief time period.
“They have $300 billion now. They’re rich. I mean, they pay 6 billion every time they have somebody that was kidnaped, it’s always $6 billion,” Trump mentioned.
“Iran was on the verge of bankruptcy. They had no money left. They had no money for Hamas. They had no money for Hezbollah. The people they’re fighting now, they would have been willing to make any deal. You could have made any deal. But Kamala flooded them with American cash and everything. Now, I mean, they’re flooding them with cash. It’s honestly not even believable,” Trump continued.
At a separate marketing campaign occasion in Milwaukee afterward Tuesday, Trump was requested by a reporter how he would deal with Iran and if he would use U.S. forces.
“You know, I wouldn’t be around if they did that… but let’s assume I’m not around… the President of the United States should blow that country to smithereens, because you can’t do that,” Trump replied.
Tracers from firearms fired into the air in celebration for Iran’s missiles barrage on Israel, are seen over Beirut, Lebanon, October 1, 2024. (REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki)
Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan mentioned the Iranian missile assault on Israel was “defeated and ineffective” and that the U.S. navy coordinated with the Israeli Protection Forces (IDF) to repel the strikes.
“U.S. naval destroyers joined Israeli Air Defense units in firing interceptors to shoot down inbound missiles. President Biden and Vice President Harris monitored the attack and the response from the White House Situation Room, joined in person and remotely by their national security team,” Sullivan mentioned.
Sullivan characterised the assault as a “significant escalation” whereas talking at a White Home briefing on Tuesday.
Sullivan mentioned no deaths had been reported on the Israeli aspect, though the White Home is monitoring the reported loss of life of a Palestinian civilian in Jericho within the West Financial institution.
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“We do not know of any damage to aircraft or strategic military assets in Israel. In short, based on what we know at this point, this attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective. The word fog of war was invented for a situation like this. This is a fluid situation,” he mentioned.
Many missiles had been intercepted by Israel’s missile protection techniques, whereas others did hit the bottom.
The Pentagon says the U.S. fired roughly 12 interceptors in opposition to Iranian missiles.
Fox Information’ Michael Dorgan, Stephen Sorace, Liz Friden, Nicolas Rojas, Greg Norman and The Related Press contributed to this report.
