Donald Trump points grim World War 3 nuclear warning which might be ‘a battle like no different’

Donald Trump has warned that the current global situation could lead to “World War III very easily” if efforts to reach peace in Ukraine failed.

Speaking to the Justice Department this evening, the US president said a global conflict would be “a war like no other” – but talked up his chances of getting Putin to sign a peace deal, saying “we’re in a good place”. He also claimed Vladimir Putin has “respect” for the United States, and again urged the Russian president to release Ukrainian soldiers “surrounded” in Kursk. Donald Trump said: “I think we’re doing well with Russia, we’re speaking with President Putin, we want to get the war over.”

“We sent nearly $350 billion to Europe”, he said, repeating a vastly inflated figure of US military aid to Ukraine, and went on say: “We’ve had some very good calls today with Russia, and with Ukraine, they’ve agreed to a ceasefire if we can get it with Russia. And it’s not easy. It’s a tough one.”

Kyiv earlier this week backed proposals from the White House for a 30-day ceasefire to the conflict, which Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff later presented to Putin directly in a meeting on Thursday. The Russian leader has claimed “the idea is correct, and we certainly support it” but questioned the details of the plan and suggested certain demands would have to be met for the Kremlin to fully agree to it.

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