US President Donald Trump has declared that World War III could ‘very easily’ erupt and would prove to be ‘a war like no other’ with catastrophic nuclear weapons if peace talks over Ukraine didn’t materialise.
The president issued the stark warning on Friday night, while revealing ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine are progressing – but devastation could yet be unleashed if the two nations cannot agree peace terms.
Speaking to the Justice Department he said: ‘I think we have it, I think we have it, but this could lead to World War III, very easily, could very easily lead to World War III.
‘But I think we’re in pretty good shape, a lot better than where we were before we got involved.
‘That was heading into World War III territory, that would’ve been a war like no other because of nuclear weapons, and other types of weapons that you don’t even wanna know about.’
Claiming much of the progress had been made since he became president, Trump went on to say that he had been speaking with the Russian premier ‘to get the war over’.
In his words: ‘I think we’re doing well with Russia, we’re speaking with President Putin, we want to get the war over.’
Trump also told his audience that ‘maybe’ $350billion had been sent to Europe – a figure that analysts believe to be higher than accurate – and that he was on the pathway to a deal where he would be ‘getting that back’.
