{"id":2348212,"date":"2024-10-01T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seizes-on-irans-israel-attack-the-world-is-spiraling-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T17:43:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:43:02","slug":"trump-seizes-on-irans-israel-attack-the-world-is-spiraling-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seizes-on-irans-israel-attack-the-world-is-spiraling-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seizes on Iran&#8217;s Israel attack: \u2018The world is spiraling\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-seizes-on-irans-israel-attack-the-world-is-spiraling-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2348212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former\u2062 President Donald Trump addressed supporters in Wisconsin following Iran&#8217;s launch \u2064of nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel, which he framed \u2062as part \u2063of a broader Middle Eastern proxy\u2064 war. During his rally, Trump criticized the Biden administration, attributing blame for Iran&#8217;s aggression \u200dto President Biden and Vice \u2062President Kamala Harris, whom \u200bhe described as &#8220;incompetent.&#8221;\u2064 He claimed\u2064 their policies of &#8220;weakness and appeasement&#8221; have led the world to the brink of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeating-itself-major-american-enemy-puts-bases-in-cuba-17-latin-american-countries\/\" title=\"D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu? Major US foe sets up bases in Cuba, 17 Latin American nations.\">potential global conflict<\/a>, stating that \u2062they are not in control of the situation. Trump suggested \u200bthat during his own presidency, Iran was &#8220;in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-security-update-second-of-marchs-double-direct-payments-worth-914-arrives-in-23-days\/\" title=\"Social Security update: Second of March&#039;s double direct payments worth 4 arrives in 23 days\">total check<\/a>.&#8221; His comments resonated with Congressional Republicans who echoed his sentiments, arguing that \u200cthe Biden administration&#8217;s approach has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-suggests-biden-harris-administration-to-blame-for-irans-attack-on-israel-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"GOP suggests Biden-Harris administration to blame for Iran\u2019s attack on Israel - Washington Examiner\">enabled terrorist groups<\/a>, undermining efforts to contain \u2062Iran&#8217;s nuclear ambitions. The Iranian\u200d missile strikes\u200c followed recent Israeli military \u2064actions, including the \u2063elimination\u200c of a\u200d key Hezbollah leader.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump seizes on Iran attack against Israel: &lsquo;The world is spiraling&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1773981\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday sought to gain political capital after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3172703\/iran-missiles-toward-israel-retaliatory-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"200 ballistic missiles\">Iran launched<\/a> nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3173049\/watch-live-pentagon-holds-briefing-following-iran-missile-attacks-on-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"200 ballistic missiles\">200 ballistic missiles<\/a> at Israel as part of a broader proxy war in the Middle East. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Speaking for roughly an hour at a rally in battleground Wisconsin, the GOP presidential nominee attempted to place the blame for Iran&rsquo;s attack on the U.S. ally squarely on the shoulders of his Democratic opponent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-vice-presidential-debate-live-updates-vance-walz-cbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: VANCE AND WALZ TO GO TOE-TO-TOE IN CBS CONTEST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The two incompetent people running our country &mdash; I don&rsquo;t actually think they&rsquo;re even running it &mdash; are leading us to the brink of WWIII and a war like no other. This is what the policies of weakness and appeasement have brought to the world,&rdquo; Trump said in reference to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You wouldn&rsquo;t trust Joe or Kamala to run a lemonade stand anywhere, would you?&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of Harris and Biden, Trump described a dystopian world &ldquo;spiraling out of control&rdquo; and that the planet was &ldquo;close to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-vaporware-summit\/\" title=\"The Vaporware Summit\">global catastrophe<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a nonexistent president and a nonexistent vice president who should be in charge, but nobody knows what&rsquo;s going on,&rdquo; Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Republicans quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3172828\/gop-suggests-biden-harris-responsible-iran-attack-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>took messaging cues from Trump<\/a>, who earlier in the day posted that Iran &ldquo;was in total check&rdquo; while he was in office. Allies on Capitol Hill reiterated their support for Israel and argued the Biden administration has enabled terrorist groups in Iran and beyond by failing to enforce sanctions and rolling back Trump-era policies to rein in Iran&rsquo;s nuclear capability.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at Dane Manufacturing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Waunakee, Wisconsin. (AP Photo\/Charlie Neibergall)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The missiles lobbed by Iran came just days after Israeli forces took out Hezbollah&rsquo;s leader in Lebanon and a subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3172291\/israel-invasion-lebanon-where-things-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ground invasion\">ground invasion<\/a> by Israel, prompting warnings from Iran of retaliation and a greater escalation in Middle East tensions as the Gaza war stretches on nearly one year later. <\/p>\n<p>The attack also came just hours before the first and likely only vice presidential debate between Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), offering both campaigns a timely opportunity to forecast how they would deter threats from Iran and other foreign adversaries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump echoed claims he&rsquo;s made in the past about some in the U.S. military going &ldquo;woke&rdquo; for liberal policies and presenting weakness on the global stage. But he claimed most military members were Trump loyalists who prefer him over Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You could keep these people that fought for me so brilliantly, you could put them in a woke cage &mdash; we call it a woke cage &mdash; for two years, scream at them only woke stuff, and when they come out, they&rsquo;ll say, &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s go USA, let&rsquo;s go MAGA,&rsquo;&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll say, &lsquo;We want MAGA.&rsquo; They won&rsquo;t be convinced. They won&rsquo;t be convinced. They&rsquo;re not going to be woke. They&rsquo;re not wokesters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1773981\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1773981\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump capitalizes on Iran&#8217;s missile attack on Israel, claiming the world is &#8220;spiraling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2348214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-iran-spiral.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3823,4671,3634],"class_list":["post-2348212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-iran-spiral.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}