Right after Iran launched a missile attack on Israel on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump released an ad warning his 2024 election rival Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration are emboldening U.S. adversaries.
The 30-second video, which featured dramatic music and news snippets about Harris and President Joe Biden, argued Trump would restore a sense of security in the face of aggression from Russian President Vladimir Putin and others.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2024
“Like us, China also saw their weakness. So did Putin — then he invaded Ukraine. Hamas saw Harris’ anti-Israel statements and will use it as a green light to keep murdering Israelis,” a narrator could be heard saying in the ad.
“And Iran thinks Harris is so incompetent, new intel shows they’re trying to help Harris win the election,” the narrator continued. “America doesn’t need another TikTok performer. We need the strength that will protect us.”
The ad ended by displaying smartphones showing Harris dancing contrasted by Trump resolutely walking toward a helicopter at various points in time. Earlier, it showed Biden tripping while going up the stairs to Air Force One.
In addition to the ad, Trump released a statement on Iran’s missile salvo against Israel on Tuesday, contrasting the situation in the Middle East and elsewhere under his administration to escalating tensions abroad happening now.
The message, relayed by Trump’s campaign, makes reference to the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel last year on October 7, the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, and more. It reads as follows:
“The World is on fire and spiraling out of control. We have no leadership, no one running the Country. We have a non-existent President in Joe Biden, and a completely absent Vice President, Kamala Harris, who is too busy fundraising in San Francisco, a City which she and Gavin Newscum totally destroyed, and staging fake photo ops. No one is in charge and it’s not even clear who is more confused: Biden or Kamala. Neither has any idea what is even going on.
When I was President, Iran was in total check. They were starved for cash, fully contained, and desperate to make a deal. Kamala flooded them with American cash and, ever since, they’ve been exporting terror all over, and unraveling the Middle East.
Under ‘President Trump,’ we had NO WAR in the Middle East, NO WAR in Europe, and Harmony in Asia, No Inflation, No Afghanistan Catastrophe. Instead, we had PEACE. Now, War or the threat of War, is raging everywhere, and the two Incompetents running this Country are leading us to the brink of World War III. You wouldn’t trust Joe or Kamala to run a lemonade stand, let alone lead the Free World.
It is no surprise that Iran desperately wants Kamala Harris to be President, because they know as long as she is in power, they can take advantage of America. That is why they have tried to target me.
If I was in charge, October 7th never happens, Russia/Ukraine never happens, Afghanistan Botched Withdrawal never happens, and Inflation never happens. If I win, we will have peace in the World again. If Kamala gets 4 more years, the World goes up in smoke.”