Trump warns: There will be 'great bloodshed' if I am not elected president of the United States

Donald Trump has told a rally in the state of Ohio that the presidential election in November will be "the most important date" in the history of the United States, citing his campaign to re-enter the White House as a very important turning point for the country.

Mar 18, 2024 - 11:41

A few days after seizing the chance to become the prospective presidential candidate of his Republican party, the former US president also warned of what he called "bloodshed" if he is not elected, although it was not clear what he meant by that statement, along with the threats he made for the automotive industry.

"The date... remember this, November 5th... I believe it will be the most important date in the history of our country," the 77-year-old politician told an audience at a rally on Saturday in Vandalia, Ohio, as he repeated the accusations that his opponent, President Joe Biden, is the "worst" president, ever in the history of the United States.

Criticizing what he said were Chinese plans to build cars in Mexico and sell them to Americans, Trump said: "they won't be able to sell those cars if I'm elected".

Trump has said: "now if I'm not elected it will be a big bloodshed for all the people, that will be smaller, it will be a bloodshed for the country. That will be smaller. But they "will not sell those cars."

Earlier this month Trump and Biden each won enough delegates to win their respective parties' nominations in the 2024 presidential race, to face off again, launching one of the longest election campaigns in US history.

Among the issues Trump is campaigning for is sweeping reform of what he calls Biden's "horror show" immigration policies, despite successfully lobbying Republicans to block a congressional bill that included the toughest border security measures in decades. .

On Saturday, he again raised the issue of the border as he reached out to minority voters who traditionally vote Democratic.

He said Biden had "stabbed African-American voters in the back by granting work permits to "millions" of immigrants, warning that black and Latino Americans "will suffer the most."

For decades Ohio has been seen as a battleground state, though it has been increasingly seen as a Republican stronghold since Trump entered the White House in the 2016 election.

Yesterday's meeting was held a day after Trump's former vice president, Mike Pence, said he would not endorse his former boss for a second term in the White House.../