Trump warns of ‘global catastrophe’ after Iran’s missile attack on Israel – having likened the sworn enemies to ‘two kids fighting in the schoolyard’

Former US President Donald Trump warned of a “global catastrophe” following Iran’s brutal missile attack on Israel, after comparing the sworn enemies to “two kids fighting in the schoolyard.”

The comments came as tensions continued to rise in the Middle East, with Iran firing nearly 200 ballistic missiles into Israeli territory overnight and the Israeli military now preparing a “significant retaliation” to the shocking attack.

After the attack, Trump, 78, criticized US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, referring to the situation as “very close to a global catastrophe.”

“I’ve been talking about World War III for a long time and I don’t want to make predictions because the predictions always come true,” Trump said.

‘We’re not going to make any predictions, but they are very close to a global catastrophe.

This photo shows projectiles intercepted by Israel near the northern city of Baqa al-Gharbiya on October 1

Dust and smoke rise from the site of a nighttime Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburb of Shayyah on October 2, 2024. Early on October 2, at least five Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Artillery is fired by the Israeli army into Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, seen from Jish, northern Israel, October 2, 2024

“We have a non-existent president and a non-existent vice president who should be in charge, but no one knows what’s going on. She was at a fundraiser in San Francisco,” he added.

The Republican presidential candidate also compared the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran to “two kids fighting in the schoolyard” during a news conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

“This has been really bad, but they have to finish that process no matter how it ends,” Trump said.

“This is a bit like two kids arguing on the schoolyard, sometimes you just let it go a bit and we’ll see what happens.”

Trump said last night’s attack should never have happened, adding that the US will be deeply involved in the Middle East.

“It’s a terrible, terrible war,” he said, “and then you see what’s happening even today: when is that going to stop?

“Look at these forces, they shot down almost 200 missiles today, but this is not the way anyone should live, so obviously we will be very involved in the Middle East.”

Trump also claimed that when he was US president, there was no war in the Middle East and that “Iran was completely under control.”

‘They were out of money, completely under control and desperate to make a deal. Kamala flooded them with American money and since then they have been exporting terror to the entire country,” he said.

“Under ‘President Trump’ we had no war in the Middle East, no war in Europe, and Harmony in Asia, no inflation, no catastrophe in Afghanistan,” he added.

Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel’s commercial center Tel Aviv

Smoke rises after an Israeli Air Force airstrike on a village in southern Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, seen from Jish, northern Israel, October 2

Iranian state television broadcast the moment it launched nearly 200 rockets toward Israel

An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from the northern border towards Lebanon on Wednesday morning

The former US president further charged that the two “incompetent leaders of this country” are leading the US to the brink of World War III, a war like no other.

“This is what the policy of weakness and appeasement has brought to the world,” he said.

Iran launched the barrage of missiles through Israel on Tuesday, after Tehran responded to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week.

The attack, which lasted about an hour, took place shortly after the US warned that an attack was imminent.

The majority of the missiles were intercepted and destroyed by Israel’s Arrow and David’s Sling missile defense systems, with assistance from US destroyers and Jordanian interceptors in the region.

The Pentagon confirmed that the US destroyers USS Cole and USS Bulkeley had also helped Israel intercept about a dozen Iranian missiles, while fighter aircraft have been deployed in the region.

White House officials said the attack appeared “defeated and ineffective” and that as a result there were no casualties in Israel.

However, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan called the move a “serious escalation” by Iran amid growing tensions in the Middle East.

“This fire will have consequences,” Israeli army spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari promised after the attack.

“We have plans and we will act at the time and place we choose.”