Meeting with Netanyahu

Trump warns of “World War 3” if he loses the election

Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on July 26.(Bild: AP)

In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former US President Donald Trump warned of a "third world war" if his Republicans do not win the presidential election. He also defended himself against suggestions that he was injured by anything other than a bullet to the ear in the assassination attempt. A poll currently puts the 78-year-old at 49 percent and Kamala Harris at 47 percent.

During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former US President Donald Trump warned of a "third world war" if his Republicans do not win the presidential election.

"If we win, everything will be very easy. Then everything will work out very quickly," said Trump, who received Netanyahu and his wife at his Florida estate on Friday. "If we don't win, there will be big wars in the Middle East and maybe World War III." Harris, meanwhile, had urged a ceasefire.

Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on July 26.(Bild: AP)

Donald Trump thinks nothing of his rival Kamala Harris and recently called her a "liar". He said she should "disappear as quickly as possible". He had previously told his voters that some claimed he had become "friendlier" since the assassination. However, he could not be nice to Harris.(Bild: AP/AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The reception at Trump's Florida estate was warm. The Republican presidential candidate posed for photos with his thumbs up. In a photo published by Netanyahu, he held a shield cap with the inscription "Total Victory" - the declared goal of the head of government in the Gaza war.

"Country is ruled by incompetent people"
Trump fired sharply against his political opponents from the Democrats on Friday. "Our country is being run by incompetent people," he said. Harris, who is Trump's likely opponent in the presidential election in November, is even worse than Biden and a "liar" (see video above). 

"Was bullet that hit me - hard!"
He also defends himself against insinuations that he was injured in the assassination attempt by something other than a bullet to the ear. 

"No, unfortunately it was a bullet that hit my ear, hard. There was no glass or shrapnel," the 78-year-old wrote on his online mouthpiece Truth Social. The former personal physician from Trump's time in office, Ronny Jackson, underlined Trump's statement: "There is absolutely no evidence that it was anything other than a bullet." The FBI also made this clear.

A gunman is known to have opened fire and shot Trump at a campaign event in the town of Butler in the state of Pennsylvania almost two weeks ago. The incident was an escalation in the already heated US election campaign.

Images of the attack: The perpetrator was killed by security forces. One visitor died and two others were wounded. Trump was injured in his right ear.(Bild: AFP/2024 Getty Images)

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Poll puts Trump at 49%, Harris at 47%
According to a new poll by the "Wall Street Journal", Trump is currently two percentage points ahead of Harris in the race for the US presidency. 

However, Trump's lead over President Joe Biden, who withdrew from the race for the presidential election in November a few days ago, was greater in the previous survey.