Trump Ramps Up WWIII, Tells Putin He's 'Playing With Fire,' Russia Responds
President promised during the campaign that he would resolve the Ukraine War in 24 hours, but admitted he was being 'sarcastic'
U.S. President Donald Trump, who famously said resolving the Ukraine War would be a cinch, ramped up his rhetoric against Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and said his counterpart is lucky he is in the White House because “lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD.”
“He’s playing with fire!” Trump said.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s national security council, who called Trump an establishment insider in September, posted on X: “Regarding Trump's words about Putin "playing with fire" and "really bad things" happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!”
Trump hoodwinked voters that he would be able to resolve the conflict, despite never explaining how. (He said in an interview in March that he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he made the promise to end the war so quickly. He clarified that what he meant was he’d “like to get it settled.”)
Trump expressed dismay that Putin would unleash a major aerial attack across Ukraine, but left out that the attack was in direct response to a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia. (That does not fit into the narrative being sold from the White House to get Americans excited for war with Russia, which would be the end of life on Earth.)