If he loses, a „bloodbath” and the end of the US elections will follow. That's what Donald Trump says, but he doesn't just cause terror.
Update from March 18, 3:05 p.m.: Former US President Donald Trump responded to the Democrats' angry reactions after warning of a „bloodbath” in the United States. “The Fake News Media and their Democratic partners in destroying our nation pretended to be shocked by my use of the word massacre,” Trump wrote on his personal social network, Truth Social.
Trump said they understood “that I was simply referring to the imports that fraudster Joe Biden has allowed, which are killing the auto industry.” Trump also criticized, saying: “With the electric car mandate that Biden is pushing, there will be no more cars produced in the United States soon.” Unless he is elected a new president, Trump wrote. Then the automobile industry will flourish like never before.
Democrats react to Trump's 'bloodbath' statement: Biden team makes allegations against former president
Update from March 18, 11:05 a.m.: Donald Trump's statement about the „bloodbath” in Ohio also sparked reactions from the Democratic camp. CNN reported that US President Joe Biden's campaign team addressed Trump's statements and accused the Republican of wanting „another January 6th.” The Biden team was referring to the events of January 6, 2021, when Trump supporters stormed the Parliament Building in Washington, DC. Trump and Biden are likely to face each other again in the November elections.
Trump's campaign team disagreed. The former president pointed to the consequences of Biden's policies on the American auto industry, CNN reported, citing campaign spokeswoman Carolyn Levitt. “Biden’s policies will cause an economic bloodbath for the auto industry and its workers,” Levitt said.
Trump's 'bloodbath' statement: Campaign and party friends try to set it straight
Update from March 18, 9:10 a.m.: No sooner had Donald Trump talked about the bloodbath and the end of the elections in the United States, than his colleagues in his campaign and party tried to put the statements into perspective. The former president talked about the auto industry, for example, Mike Turner, a Republican congressman from Ohio, told the TV station ABC. His party colleague and fellow House member Mike Rounds took the same line. Trump was concerned about the „economic downturn” that might threaten if he was not elected.
Trump's words were received by his political opponents very differently. „We simply have to win this election because he's already anticipating a bloodbath,” said Nancy Pelosi, a former US House of Representatives and Democratic Party member. „What does that mean? Will it cause carnage?”
Donald Trump talks about a “bloodbath” and demands immunity for himself
Updated at 1:03 p.m.: Just hours after Donald Trump threatened a „bloodbath” if he was defeated in the election, the president again called for freedom from prosecution for himself. “The President should have complete immunity,” Trump wrote in capital letters in a message on his website. His social media – Social Truth Platform. This applies even to “cross-border events.” Otherwise, the United States could face „years of shock.”
First report dated March 17, 2024: DAYTON, Ohio – In fact, there is no reason for Donald Trump to campaign in Ohio. The former president won the state in 2016 when he defeated Hillary Clinton and in 2020 when he lost to Joe Biden. But on Saturday, Trump still appeared in Dayton to support his candidate, Bernie Moreno, on the campaign trail.
Moreno would like to become an Ohio state senator. He is currently fighting for the Republican Party's nomination for the 2024 US elections, in which not only the president will be re-elected, but also parts of Parliament. The majority in the US Senate is being renegotiated between Republicans and Democrats. The duel in Ohio is particularly important, where the Republican Party primaries are witnessing fierce competition. It is unclear whether Trump's candidate Moreno will be able to win in the face of internal party competition Rolling Stone magazine Highly questionable, but especially important for the former president.
Donald Trump travels to Ohio to campaign for his candidate
That's why Trump traveled to Ohio on Saturday, about eight months before the US election in November. The New York real estate agent got to work immediately. Only he can guarantee social peace in the United States. If incumbent President Joe Biden wins the November election, Trump has used militaristic words to threaten far-reaching consequences. “If I am not elected, there will be a bloodbath. It will be a bloodbath in our country,” said the president, whose term came to a tragic end with an attempted coup by his supporters on January 6, 2021 and the killing of five people in the storming of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. .
If this election is not won, I'm not sure there will be another election in this country.
But Trump did not limit himself to threatening more violence in Ohio if he loses another election to Joe Biden. In this case, the former president believed that the end of the world's oldest democracy was near. “If we don't win this election, I'm not sure there will ever be another election in this country,” Trump said in Dayton, a town of about 140,000 people.
Donald Trump spreads fantasies of violence and vandalism in Ohio
Not only did Trump bring with him fantasies of violence and subversion of the United States, but also other speakers, including Kristi Noem. The Governor of South Dakota follows a report from the news channel CNN According to him, there is still hope for Trump's nomination as vice president. His former deputy, Mike Pence, distanced himself from Trump after the storming of the Capitol building on January 6, and recently refused to support his former president in the current election campaign.
Noem was joined by Congressmen J.D. Vance and Jim Jordan. The former wrestler is one of Trump's most loyal and closest allies, and of course he started right away in Ohio: “The left controls almost everything. “They control the big media, they control the big tech companies, they control the big corporations, they control sports, Hollywood, the bureaucracy,” Jordan says. “But they don’t control the people.”
There were direct reactions from Joe Biden's camp to Donald Trump's military announcements in Ohio. A spokesman for the current president said: “He wants January 6, but the American people will hand him an electoral defeat in November.” But it is not yet clear whether this will actually happen. Current opinion polls on the US elections indicate that Donald Trump will win. (Dale)
Israel sees a „last chance” for a hostage deal before the attack on Rafah
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In Tel Aviv, negotiators are discussing the possibility of releasing Israeli hostages in Gaza. Various media outlets in the region reported that the chances are good. An Islamic state wants to pressure Hamas.
IAccording to media reports, Israel sees the latest efforts at a ceasefire and hostage agreement in the Gaza war as a „last chance” before the planned attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. A senior Israeli official said talks between Egyptian and Israeli representatives in Tel Aviv on Friday were “very good” and focused.
It seems that the Egyptians are ready to pressure the Islamic movement Hamas to reach an agreement. Progress was made in all areas in the talks, The Times of Israel cited related reports late Friday evening. The state-owned Cairo News Channel had previously reported significant progress.
The Israeli official was quoted as saying that Israel will not allow Hamas, especially its leader in Gaza, Jihya Sinwar, to delay the hostage deal to prevent the planned military attack in Rafah. A few days ago, the army mobilized two additional reserve brigades.
Initially, a limited agreement was reached with Hamas
Sinwar is considered the planner of the massacre that Israel witnessed on October 7 of last year, as a result of which about 1,200 Israelis were killed, and about 250 people were displaced to Gaza. It is believed to be located in tunnels under Rafah.
The Times of Israel quoted the unnamed Israeli government official as saying: “This is the last chance before we go to Rafah.” “Either an agreement in the near future or Rafah.” Israel wants to destroy the last remaining Hamas brigades in the southern Gaza City bordering Egypt. According to Israeli media, Egypt wants to reach an agreement to avoid the attack in Rafah. Egypt fears that Palestinians will cross the border in large numbers.
On the other hand, Hamas said that it had received an official response from Israel to the position of the extremist Palestinian Islamic organization in the ceasefire talks. Deputy Head of the Hamas Political Bureau in the Gaza Strip, Khalil Al-Hayya, said in a statement that the letter will be studied and a response will be provided.
In Rafah, hundreds of thousands sought refuge to escape the fighting in the rest of the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli media, the recent talks between Egyptian and Israeli representatives were initially about a limited agreement with Hamas, under which only some women, the elderly, and the sick hostages would be released.
Hamas rejected an American proposal to release 40 of those kidnapped. According to her, there should not be a large number of hostages who fall into these categories alive. Hamas calls for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, which the Israeli government rejects.
For days, NATO countries have been outpacing each other in arms shipments to Ukraine. Leopard 2 tanks will soon be among them again.
KYIV – They're rolling in the Ukraine war again: the one of great importance US arms supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces They are on the way forward. Thanks to $61 billion, military aid from other NATO countries is beginning to accelerate again.
Leopard 2 tank: Ukraine receives supplies from “Leos” against Russia
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) rejects the launch of the Taurus cruise missile. While the little one Lithuania gave its last fighter plane to the Ukrainians The British send Paveway IV infrared-guided glide bombs and powerful medium-range ATACMS missiles on their way to the devastated country from the United States.
Now supplies have arrived for the squadron Leopard 2 tanks Ukrainian army. Like the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais Madrid will soon deliver ten of a total of 19 Leopard 2 A4 tanks to the Ukrainians, it was reported on Friday (April 26). It's the next signal of support: Kiev can urgently use every Western battle tank to defend the country against the Russian invading forces of Kremlin autocrat Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine losses: Many tanks remained facing Putin's Russian army
Because: like that New York Times (New York Times) As recently reported, the Russians have, among other things, disabled five of 31 US Abrams tanks delivered in the past two months. According to the open source intelligence website oryx, which documents military losses using photographs and maps. For example, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had lost a total of 796 tanks by April 20 – including 30 German-made Leopard 2 tanks. According to estimates, Kiev received approximately 140 tanks from the West. Many of them failed to fight against the army Russia He has already returned to the battlefield, as evidenced by numerous photos and videos from bloggers on social media such as Telegram.
Recently, Ukraine has had to rely more heavily on old Soviet-era tanks again Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) It stated that some of the newly formed brigades were no longer supplied with tanks at all. In addition to the Spanish tanks, work is currently underway on supplies: Munich tank manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), which has been producing „Leos” for decades, is currently preparing an additional 14 Leopard 2 A4 tanks from German industrial stocks on behalf of For and at the expense of the Netherlands and Denmark.
Weapons delivery to Ukraine: Spain provides Patriot missiles
how El Pais However, the Spanish arms package should be available to Kiev by June 30. The deliveries also include an unspecified payload of Patriot missiles, but Madrid has concluded that it does not wish to deliver a complete anti-aircraft system. This is exactly what Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said (SPD) last in Answer-Broadcasting „Maischberger“If a country has, for example, six Patriot systems, or four, and is not on the front line to the east, they can easily hand over a Patriot system,” other NATO partners asked.
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) even wrote letters with similar requests to their counterparts. When Sandra Meischberger asked whether he meant Spain and/or Greece, the Defense Minister replied: “We are currently talking to them.” For its part, Athens publicly announced on Friday that it would not provide the Patriot air defense system. According to unconfirmed reports, the Greek Air Force is said to have 36 so-called Patriot bombers, that is, launchers.
Leopard 2 Ukrainians: Putin seized tanks that demonstrated in Russia
As for the “Panthers”: In recent months, the Russian army has been conducting a real hunt for Panther tanks in Ukraine, and this has been documented through pathetic posts published by Russian military bloggers on social media. For example, Russian President Vladimir Putin displayed a captured Leopard 2 A6 tank while transporting the tank on a low-loading truck across western Russia to the capital, Moscow – with offensive comments on social networks. Now Ukraine gets more from Assad again against Putin's imperialism. (evening)
In the United States, the H5N1 bird flu virus is spreading among cows, and even milk from supermarkets is affected. Researchers fear that the Mo flu could get out of control.
In March, cattle ranchers in the US states of Texas, Kansas and New Mexico noticed something disturbing. Something was wrong with her cows, they looked sick. Some of the animals gave less milk than usual, the milk was thicker, and the animals appeared to have lost their appetite. A few days later it was clear: they had contracted the bird flu virus H5N1 Experts detected it in their milk and, in one case, in a throat swab. Since then, more and more farmers in the United States have reported cases of infection in their herds. Recently, the American authorities found Genetic effects of the virus in pasteurized milk From the supermarket. New samples indicate The outbreak is likely to be largerwhich the official figures indicate.