Donald Trump Predicts Mexico Will Be Obliterated in World War III

Former President Donald Trump has said that Mexico could be at risk of nuclear destruction in a potential World War III.

Trump, who is running for a second term in 2024, said the potential ramifications of another nuclear war could involve Mexico’s total annihilation in a Univision interview this week.

“The biggest threat is nuclear weapons,” Trump said. “And we have a man that doesn’t even know what a nuclear weapon is as our chief negotiator. And it’s a very scary thing. You could end up in World War III, and World War III happens, probably Mexico will no longer be around, because the power of nuclear weapons are so big.”

“If they hit us, you’re going to be wiped out, too. That’s how bad it is,” he added.

The comment came after Trump spoke on Viktor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary, and his view on the current violence within Ukraine and the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Orban has previously referred to liberalism as a “virus that will atomize and disintegrate our nations.”

“I’m sure if President Trump would be the president, there would be no war in Ukraine and Europe,” Orban said at the European CPAC summit this year. “Come back, Mr. President. Make America great again and bring us peace.”

Trump echoed those remarks, saying his presence in the international arena helped prevent the violence between Ukraine and Russia as well as between Israel and Gaza that has taken place during the Biden administration.

“Viktor Orban, who’s a highly respected leader and really a good man, he said that Trump had this thing going so well,” Trump said in his Univision interview. “Three years ago, we had no problems. We had no inflation. We had no Ukraine problem. We had no Israel problem. We had no problems literally whatsoever. We had a border that was secure, the most secure it’s ever been. The United States economy was the strongest it’s ever been.”

“We did some job, and now everything is horrible. You’re going to end up in a world war. We have an incompetent leader of the United States. He can’t, he can’t walk off a stage. He can’t find the stairs. He can’t put two sentences together. He can’t talk,” he said.

Calling nuclear weapons the “biggest threat,” Trump said the impact of a nuclear war could be especially harmful to Mexico due to its proximity to the United States.

Newsweek reached out to Trump for further comment via email.

As the election is roughly a year away, Trump, the Republican frontrunner, has been vocal about seizing a large portion of the Latino vote.

Recent polls have shown he currently holds around 42 percent of Latino voters’ support, a relatively unprecedented level for a Republican candidate.

“The Latino vote is so incredible because they’re unbelievable people,” Trump said in the Univision interview. “They have incredible skills, incredible energy, and they’re very entrepreneurial.”

A growing number of Latinos are identifying as conservative. While Trump took just 36 percent of Hispanic voters in the 2020 election, according to the Pew Research Center’s validated voter survey, nearly half of Hispanic voters are now aligning with Trump’s campaign heading into the 2024 election.

“They’re unbelievable, entrepreneurial people. And they like me. You know, there’s never been anything like it in the Republican Party,” Trump said. “And they also want security if they’re in the United States or if they’re in Mexico or anywhere else. They feel strong about security, and we provide that.”

Trump went on to say that security is a key platform for Latinos in the United States, and the importance of a strong border is an increasingly salient issue.

“They live here, whether it’s permanently or part time,” Trump said. “They don’t want to have people coming in and raiding their house or doing bad things. They want to see security. They want to have a border.”

Trump’s 2016 election campaign centered around building a wall between the United States and Mexico for stronger border security and making Mexico “pay for it.” During Trump’s presidency, the United States built roughly 500 miles of border barriers. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is in the process of building 20 more miles of border protection for added security.

“Mexico supplied us with thousands and thousands of soldiers, and I said, ‘Mexico is going to pay for a piece of the border wall,’ because it also helps Mexico,” Trump said. “It helps Mexico very much. It keeps people from coming.”

Still, in the Republican presidential debate this week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized Trump for his inability to get Mexico to fully pay for the border wall he pushed during his 2016 campaign.

“He owes it to you to be on this stage and explain why he should get another chance,” DeSantis said. “He should explain why he didn’t have Mexico pay for the border wall. He should explain why he racked up so much debt. He should explain why he didn’t drain the swamp.”

“There actually was a way he could have [made Mexico pay],” DeSantis said. “He could have imposed fees. And I will do this as president.”

Trump previously said that he sees no need to participate in the primary debates due to his polling numbers, which have tracked far beyond the other Republican candidates.

Trump is also facing a civil fraud case after New York Attorney General Letitia James sued him for $250 million, accusing him of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to secure better bank loans and reduced tax bills between 2011 and 2021.

Trump has denied all accusations, saying that prosecutors are targeting him for political purposes and likening the trial to a “witch hunt.”

According to polling data compiled by FiveThirtyEight this week, Trump is leading the GOP primary race on average by over 42 points. Next in line is DeSantis, who is averaging at about 13.9 percent. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is third, according to polling results, earning 9 percent of voters’ support.