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Neil Kinnock has launched a blistering attack on Donald Trump, claiming the former president’s return to the White House would put an already dangerous world in “grave danger”.
In an interview with Ithe 82-year-old former Labor leader said, “I can’t remember a more dangerous time,” and accused President Trump of being “not only crazy, but mean.”
He made this comment while talking about his hope that Joe Biden will be re-elected in November.
With Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, Israel’s conflict in Gaza, and other tensions in the Middle East and between China and Taiwan rising, Lord Kinnock worries that a Trump victory could increase the threat of a third world conflict. ing.
“I’m 82 years old. I’ve been in politics since I was 14. I became a member of parliament when I was 28,” he said. “I don’t remember a time when I was in more danger. Not even during the Cold War. And I don’t remember a time when I felt more legitimate anxiety.
“Now I just hope there is enough maturity and wisdom among our leaders to ensure that we don’t fail by design or accident.”
Mr Kinnock said he had “absolute confidence” in Mr Biden, but conceded that Mr Trump could be re-elected to a second term in the US vote on November 5th.
“Well, that’s the bloody question,” he said. “This man is not only crazy, he’s a mean man. It could come back. When it does, I think the world will be in deep crisis.
“The situation has become more dangerous, there is no doubt about that.”
Labor leaders have stepped up contact with the Trump campaign in recent weeks. Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy has met with key figures from both the Republican and Democratic parties, with one Trump ally calling him “much more preferable than David Cameron.”
Lamy met with President Trump’s associates during a visit to the United States earlier this month. The whistleblower tour will include Elbridge Colby, a key Trump ally who worked at the Pentagon during his presidency, and Fred Fleitz, who served as chairman of the National Security Council in the previous Trump administration. It included talks.
This increased contact comes despite Starmer and Trump coming from different ends of the political spectrum, and the pair must forge new alliances during their time in office amid growing concerns about global instability. This indicates that there is a possibility that this will not happen.
Kinnock said the uncertainty created by Trump’s presidency could exacerbate existing tensions, as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to threaten to use nuclear weapons if Western countries continue to support Ukraine. Ta.
“We don’t know whether Mr. Trump will turn out to be an appeaser of Mr. Putin and a trading partner with China, or whether he will resort to aggression, and that is what matters.
“In international diplomacy, in some ways the greatest comfort is uncertainty. Deterrence is completely based on that.
“But that’s also the biggest danger, and the capriciousness of leadership is always scary to me. I mean, it’s not just true of Trump, it’s certainly true of Putin. It’s also true of the Iranian leadership. That also applies to the lunatics who run North Korea.”
President Trump has been largely blamed for delaying a vote on a $60 billion military package for Ukraine that was initially put to a vote in the U.S. Congress, arguing that the U.S. should not spend money to help Kiev. But apparently his views have softened and the deadly aid was approved last month.
He also suggested the US could withdraw from NATO if the military organisation’s remaining 31 member states did not pay their “fair share of the bill”.
Article 5 of the founding treaty of NATO stipulates that if a member state becomes the victim of an armed attack, all other members of the alliance shall consider this act of violence to be an armed attack against all member states and shall act in its defense. ing.
Trump said in March that if he won the presidential election, he would encourage Russia to “do whatever it wants” to NATO members that don’t pay enough for the Western military alliance.
Mr Kinnock added that it was “essential” that the West continued to support Ukraine and prevent a Russian victory “at all costs”.
“Any sign of Western subversion in Ukraine would not only prompt Putin to take further action in countries such as Georgia, but also increase China’s confidence that it can be left to occupy Taiwan,” he said. It will also happen,” he said.