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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has promised to end international crises and restore American prestige on the world stage.
“We will restore peace, stability and harmony throughout the world,” Trump said, without giving any detail on how he might do that.
“Under our leadership, the United States will be respected again. No nation will question our power, no enemy will doubt our might, and our borders will be secure.”
Trump placed the blame for conflicts around the world squarely on President Joe Biden — even those with roots stretching back far before the Democrat took office.
“There is an international crisis the likes of which the world has seldom been part of… war is now raging in Europe, in the Middle East, a growing spectre of conflict hangs over Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines and all of Asia,” he said.
He vowed to change all that if elected into power for second term in the White House.
“I will end every single international crisis that the current administration has created, including the horrible war with Russia and Ukraine,” Trump said. But “to achieve this future, we must first rescue our nation from failed and even incompetent leadership.”
“The entire world, I tell you this: we want our hostages back and they better be back before I assume office or you will be paying a very big price,” said Trump — again failing to give any specifics.
He pledged to build a version of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system for the United States.
And he suggested that Kim Jong Un — the reclusive North Korean dictator whom he met in person during his presidency, and whose country possesses a nuclear arsenal — longed to see him back in the White House.
“I get along with him, he’d like to see me back too. I think he misses me if you want to know,” Trump said.
AFP
