Trump has said we are on the brink of WW3, aibu to agree with him?

Technically there is a war in Europe and the Middle East already with the world supporting each side by proxy with weapons. The issue for Brits is the lack of understanding of the scale of the war in the Ukraine because our landmass is so tiny.
Will we send troops to the Middle East if it escalates? Probably is my assessment. I can't see the West wanting to go head-to-head with Russia though.

I think there are multiple conflicts that have the capacity to spread. Russia could retaliate against a NATO country for supporting Ukraine with weapons, Israel increasing the scale of conflict in Middle East, let’s not forget China eyeing up Taiwan which I’m betting will be the next big thing in international conflicts.

I think any of these have the ability to grow. I hope they won’t obviously

How do you define "WW3"?

The man's a simplistic drama queen who communicates in sound bites.

Expect the cost of oil to go up, the numbers of refugees to increase and more sadly another generation growing up to think this is normal 😔

I've lost count on the number of times WW3 was about to start in the last decade according to social media or some doom merchant or other. I remember everyone thought it would happen when Russia invaded Ukraine.

The simple fact is there's not a single country that wants the outbreak of WW3, so it'll never escalate to that point.

The Middle East is, and always has been a mess. They can't get along for more than two minutes without wanting to kill each other. But no, it won't lead to the outbreak of WW3.

Trump is isolationist but he also supports all the worst leaders in the world such as Orban and Netanyahu with a special place in his heart for dictators which he aspires to be.

Like Netanyahu, Trump needs to be in power to stay out of prison and I believe that he will back Netanyahu unconditionally.

Plus Trump has an aversion to diplomacy. He won't negotiate for a ceasefire as he doesn't care about the Palestinians. He has no empathy and no moral code. He is a very dangerous man.

The UK continuing to actively support Ukraine against Russia is one of the best deterrents we have against further conflict in Europe.

We in Europe should have invested in a reasonable fighting force, we shouldn't be relying on the US is the point. They're having trouble recruiting and losing support for military funding because they aren't just fighting for their country anymore, some are spending years stationed away from home and then fighting in other countries primarily because they don't have enough military. Sure, not good for us if they do this, I don't think unreasonable from their perspective though.

No, WW3, I don't think so.

I am concerned about Jihadists in the UK in the current situation. The West is culturally and ethnically very diverse, much more so than in 2003 and the conflict in the Middle East will affect people in the UK. Either those from the countries involved or anyone due to a higher terror threat. I also hate the idea of any war anywhere in this day and age. It's extremely uncivilised. As a species humans don't seem to have evolved much.

Yeah, Israel can defend itself pretty well. Even the 7th October massacres, whilst obviously awful for them, didn't last long and they secured their borders after a couple of days. They're also not about to make that mistake again. And that barrage from Iran last night didn't cause them much harm. Any conflict isn't going to take place within their borders.

My thoughts exactly.

Yabu it's Trump. If on a Sunday night he said we were on the brink of Monday I would double check just to be sure.

I have come to the decision I would feel safer about world affairs if Trump gets in. Harris may be more palatable in many ways but I doubt her competency, especially in potential wartime. The idea of her as president in current times makes me uneasy.

I think the UK is like a tinderbox at the moment and, all things around the world considered, we are closer to world war than we've ever been in our lifetime. But I still can't see it coming to that, it would be so globally disastrous. I imagine civil unrest is only going to get worse in many places though, including here.

I think it depends how well Israel is able to defend itself. If it looks like Israel may be over run then it seems likely that America will step in and maybe other Western country’s will also be dragged into it. Israel is far from defenceless though so this probably won’t happen. All out war in the Middle East may happen though.

Isn't it just!

I'm no Trump fan but I do think he could keep these mad world leaders in check far better than senile Biden and MIA Harris. People do love to froth about him but really he's alot of hot air and his presidency was rather uneventful. Will Trump be tougher on trying to keep Israel in check, which in turn might start to de escalate the situation a bit ? That's what I feel is an unknown. Biden seems to just smile and nod.

This. It's politicking.

It'll be regional war at most, not global, and the UK isn't vulnerable. Russia have had nearly three years of us blatantly supplying Ukraine and have done fuck all, and unlike Israel's opponents they do at least have weapons that could get to us.

Well the phrase makes me tense because what does that actually mean

We are at a terrible time for volatility I agree but it could be contained to ME even if other countries are involved

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, and Trump is right here.

Israel-Hamas is and has always been a proxy war between US and Iran. Basically, US uses Israel as its tool to do its work in the Middle East of keeping nuclear-armed Islamist theocracies at bay (whether you think this is good work or dirty work is dependent on your political flavour and is irrelevant here: it just is a fact).

With US announcing it will commit troops to support Israel, that proxy war now is close to an actual war.

To PPs scoffing at OP - check your privilege. In fact, we all should. We in Western Europe have enjoyed a long uninterrupted period of peace, safety and wealth since the end of WW2. If we look at the sweep of history, we will see that this is an anomaly, and not our birthright. We have the luxury of taking peace for granted, but that doesn't mean we will always have it, and only the ignorant or arrogant would think otherwise.

How about a war on women in Afghanistan. FFS he made a deal with the Taliban.

@ayvasili

, our Google maps and Waze have been scrambled, and we often find that instead of downtown Limassol we are being told we are approaching Beirut airport (thanks to US/UK scrambling the signals)

For info whilst the scale of jamming might have increased it’s certainly not new in your part of the world and I wouldn’t assume it’s the US/UK doing it.

The Russians and their allies have been very keen on jamming GPS over/around the eastern Med ever since they got involved in the conflict in Syria…it’s been causing minor problems for civil aviation over that part of the world for at least a decade.

We are....because the USA can't keep their nose out of other countries business and then the UK will get roped into it.
It's time we stop.interfering and just let them crack on with it ...the middle eastern countries are always going to be fighting each other. It's not our problem.

But I am hoping that common sense will prevail and we stay clear of it.

And you are absolutely right there.
UK has a large amount of problems too.
I would rather do not send any soldiers to die for a cause that almost nobody fully understands. I think, not even the guys driving it, to be honest.
I am a bit worried that the powers that rule us would see the chance to grab a share in crude oil/ minerals and end up sending troops and repeating history. They really do not care that much how many soldiers or civilians die. There is always this lot obsessed with money!