Vandalia (United States): Former US President Donald Trump, who is the Republican nominee for Novembers presidential election, warned of a bloodbath if he is not elected in the middle of comments about threats to the US auto industry, media reports said.
Addressing a rally in Ohio on Saturday, Trump said that Novembers presidential election will be the most important date, repeating that his campaign for the White House will be the turning point for the country, AFP reported.
The date — remember this, November 5 — I believe its going to be the most important date in the history of our country, the 77-year-old said rally-goers in Vandalia, Ohio.
He iterated his criticisms that his opponent, President Joe Biden, is the worst president, said the report.
Trump said China wouldnt be able to make cars in Mexico and sell them in the US if he was elected the president in the elections.
According to the report, he stated: Theyre not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected.
Now if I dont get elected its going to be a bloodbath for the whole, thats going to be the least of it, its going to be a bloodbath for the country. Thatll be the least of it. But theyre not going to sell those cars.
As Trumps comment garnered attention on social media, Bidens campaign reacted, calling the Republican a loser at the ballot box in 2020 who then doubles down on his threats of political violence.
He wants another January 6 but the American people are going to give him another electoral defeat this November because they continue to reject his extremism, his affection for violence, and his thirst for revenge, the campaign said, referring to the violence unleashed on the US Capitol by Trump supporters in 2021.
Freedom is under assault… The lies about the 2020 election, the plot to overturn it, to embrace the Jan. 6 insurrection pose the greatest threat to our democracy since the American Civil War, he said.
In 2020, they failed, but … the threat remains.
The 81-year-old, dismissing concerns about his age for a second term, tempered his speech with humour.
Earlier this month, Trump and Biden secured sufficient delegates to secure their respective party nominations in the 2024 presidential race, virtually guaranteeing a rematch and paving the way for one of the lengthiest election campaigns in US history.
Meanwhile, Trumps campaign is revolving around Bidens horror show immigration policies, which promises to change with sweeping reforms.
In Saturdays rally, he reached out to minority voters, who have traditionally voted Democrats.
He said Biden had repeatedly stabbed African-American voters in the back by issuing work permits to millions of immigrants, cautioning that such a policy would harm them and Hispanic Americans the most.
For decades, Ohio had been regarded as a crucial battleground state, though its Republican lean has intensified since Trumps victory in the White House in 2016.
The rally happened one day after Trumps former vice president, Mike Pence, announced that he would not endorse his previous boss for a second term in the White House.
