NOVEMBER 11, 2024
President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to retired four-star Army general Jack Keane during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House March 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. General Keane said he believes “World War III is in the future.” AP
Retired four-star General Jack Keane has said “World War III is in the future” while discussing the U.S. election’s impact on global stability.
Donald Trump won last week’s election at a time when the western world is grappling with a war in the Middle East, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and tensions with North Korea and China.
General Keane has said that while Trump’s victory will force U.S. adversaries to “reassess,” the world is headed for “global war.”
He told Fox News’ Life, Liberty & Levin that the global security challenges that we are facing, “are the most serious, the most dangerous and the most challenging we have had since World War II.
He added: “And I do believe that we’re in a pre-war era leading to global war – that is the status that we’re facing.”
General Keane went on to add that “all of these adversaries – China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, who are cooperating, collaborating coordinating together in a degree that exceeded the expectations of all of our intelligence agencies, by the way, and they have been honest about that appraisal” will have to “reassess, based on this election that’s taken place.”
“Because they have been acting so aggressively, so assertively, because they believe that our leadership in the United States is weak, that we’ve lost the political will to confront them, much less go and fight them,” he added.
Later on in the interview, General Keane said: “This election has been a seminal event. And I’m convinced that President Trump knows that World War III is in the future.
“And we have got to take action to restore deterrence in dealing with our adversaries. And one of those is rebuilding a military – it has to be done. And we have to fix how the Pentagon does its business, or we’re going to be throwing taxpayers’ money away.”
Newsweek has contacted Trump’s team, via email, for comment.
General Keane went on to say: “And we absolutely have to support our allies who are fighting these adversaries. Israel is fighting a major adversary – give them everything they need to finish it as soon as possible.
He added: “Ukraine is fighting Russia – give them everything they need and finish it as soon as possible. These are investments in our security when our allies are fighting our adversaries.”
A major theme in Trump’s campaign message was his promise to end wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, often claiming that they would never have started if he was in office.
The President-elect has reportedly spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a post-election phone call, according to The Washington Post, which said Trump reminded Putin about “Washington’s sizeable military presence in Europe” and said he would look for a follow-up conversation to discuss a “resolution of Ukraine’s war.”
Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director, told Newsweek in an emailed response to a request for comment that “we do not comment on private calls between President Trump and other world leaders.”
Meanwhile, a senior Hamas official has called for an immediate end to Israel’s war against the group in the Gaza Strip in a statement shared with Newsweek in the wake of Trump’s victory.
In regards to North Korea, Pyongyang responded to Donald Trump’s claim that the nation’s leader Kim Jong Un misses him, saying it does “not care” about his re-election.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his win, in a statement that also said he hopes China and the U.S. will strengthen communication, “properly manage differences” and “find a correct way for China and the United States to get along in the new era, so as to benefit both countries and the world.”
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said that “Iran respects (the American people’s) right to elect the President of their choice” and called for “respect,” insisting that Iran is “NOT after nuclear weapons” and denying accusations that an Iranian man was involved in a murder-for-hire scheme to kill Trump.
Courtesy/Source:Newsweek
