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‘Close’: Trump claims World War III could erupt if he does not become president again

Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, Donald Trump declared World War III is "close," and issuing a warning suggesting if he does not win re-election in November it could erupt.

Video of his full remarks was published by Florida's WPTV. A shorter clip is below.

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'Fatty McFelon': Internet erupts as Trump makes fun of Kamala Harris' name pronunciation

Former President Donald Trump doubled down on a new attack on Vice President Kamala Harris during his address to Turning Point USA in Florida, including that she is anti-Jewish.

But one particular thing he seemed to relish was mocking the pronunciation of her name.

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MAGA crowd boos Trump for saying he supports abortion in cases of rape and incest: report

In a rare moment, Donald Trump received “boos” from a crowd of supporters at a Florida summit Friday for saying he supports abortion in cases of rape and incest.

Reporting from the rally, CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes said that the conservative Turning Point USA's “very Trump friendly room" went cold on the Republican presidential nominee after he said he supported some exceptions in which abortion should be necessary.

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‘King of violent rhetoric’ Trump mocked for blaming assassination attempt on Dem language

Donald Trump took heat on social media Friday evening as he tried to blame his assassination attempt on Democrats for "their rhetoric."

At a Florida rally Friday, the Republican presidential nominee recounted how he nearly lost his life, this time with a new spin.

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‘No evidence': MSNBC host pans Vance rant that Dems ‘brainwash children'

New audio has surfaced of J.D. Vance accusing childless Democrats of trying to “brainwash children,” and MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace is having none of it.

Vance “has spent the last few years saying some of the weirdest most offensive and off-putting things,” Wallace said during her Friday afternoon broadcast, including derogatory comments attacking Democratic leadership as “a bunch of childless cat ladies.”

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Trump warns supporters Democrats 'after the Catholics almost as much as they're after me'

Former President Donald Trump invoked panic of Democratic persecution of Catholics at his speech at a Turning Point USA event in Florida on Friday.

"Democrats are after the Catholics almost as much as they're after me," said Trump, while asking how many Catholics were in the crowd and registering some mild surprise at the number of attendees who cheered.

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Trump boasts at rally 'we officially defeated' Biden as he decries Democratic 'coup'

Former President Donald Trump took a victory lap that he "officially defeated" President Joe Biden, while at the same time whining that he now has to go up against Vice President Kamala Harris, at a Turning Point USA event in Florida on Friday evening.

Biden exited the race amid pressure from his own party about his health and fitness amid his advanced age, after which he endorsed Harris to replace him on the ticket.

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MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace says Trump's rap sheet makes him unhirable — even at 'local mall'

Former President Donald Trump would be too much of a security risk to work in a large fraction of jobs and industries around the country, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said Friday — and a number of former Justice Department officials made that clear in a new joint statement.

"The list of jobs not open to a twice-impeached, four-times-indicted, convicted of 34 felony counts and found liable of sexual assault disgraced ex-president is long and growing," Wallace said at the top of the hour for her "Deadline: White House" show. "That kind of rap sheet means, among other things, the FBI wouldn't hire him. Even the local mall would turn Donald Trump away. And yet ... here we are. A man who could not remotely clear a background check to work in a White House, for all kinds of jobs big and small, has been selected and anointed by the Republican Party as their first choice, their only choice, to be the leader of the free world."

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Maggie Haberman: Trump ’just playing for time at this point' in debating Harris

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump backtracking from a commitment to a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris shows he’s less confident in his ability to stand up to the former prosecutor.

“In terms of the debate, I think he is finding himself a little less than sure footed as this race as changed and it seems as if he’s buying time,” journalist Maggie Haberman said during an interview with CNN’s Pamela Brown Friday afternoon.

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‘This woman could be a barracuda’: Fox host worries Harris will chew up Trump in a debate

Fox News host Neil Cavuto wonders if Republicans are underestimating Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, whose prosecutorial finesse on the debate stage may pose a serious threat to Donald Trump.

“I’m wondering if Republicans – because they focus on things that seem silly to me, like the cackling and all of that – don’t appreciate the fact this woman could be a barracuda,” Cavuto said during his afternoon broadcast on Fox News Friday. “She is a prosecutor and she will try, in any exchange with Donald Trump, to prosecute him, and I don’t know if they appreciate the magnitude of that.”

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'Blatant racism': Republican dragged for calling Kamala Harris 'uninformed and lazy'

Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney caught blowback on social media for invoking what many believe are racist tropes by describing the Democratic presidential nominee as a "DEI hire," in addition to being "uninformed and lazy" during a Fox News interview Friday.

In an interview with host Larry Kudlow, Tenney, of New York, ridiculed Harris' “cackle” and “horrible record,” and laid into President Joe Biden for picking Harris as “basically a diversity, equity and inclusion hire.”

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'He looks weak': Pollster says of Trump 'running' from debate with Kamala Harris

Donald Trump cast himself in a poor light this week by backpedaling on his debate agreement, as experts said it made the "big, bad tribesman" look "weak."

“ABC, the home of George Slopadopolus, is not worthy of holding a Debate, of which I hope there will be many!” Trump posted on Truth Social, using a demeaning name for newsman George Stephanopoulos.

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'Made my jaw drop': Expert slams Trump claim that gag order prevents Kamala Harris attacks

Legal analyst Lisa Rubin called out former President Donald Trump over his claim that a gag order in his New York hush money trial prevents him from attacking his Democratic rival.

Trump is trying to get his guilty verdict thrown out — claiming he's immune from prosecution — in the hush money case, in which he was accused of paying off an adult film star ahead of the 2016 election to keep her quiet about an affair.

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