Trump suggested at fundraiser he ‘would have bombed’ Russia and China

Donald Trump suggested during a fundraising event that he would have bombed Moscow in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and attacked Beijing if China invaded Taiwan on his watch, according to a Washington Post report.

The comments surprised some of the donors at the event.

James Gilmore, who served as Mr Trump’s ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, told reporters in Taiwan earlier this month that Mr Trumpisn’t an isolationist but that he’s simply trying to get allies to put more emphasis on their own defense.

“I believe that President Trump will be supportive of Taiwan when he becomes president. He was in his first term,” he said, according to Reuters.

China claims Taiwan is its own territory over the objections of the Taiwanese government. The Trump White House did support Taiwan, including via arms sales which have continued under the Biden administration.

Mr Trump has rarely mentioned Ukraine in recent months. Last year, he claimed that he would have the war “settled” in less than a day.

In February, he wrote on Truth Social: “We should never give money anymore without the hope of a payback, or without ‘strings’ attached.”

In April, he said: “As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us! GET MOVING EUROPE!”

Mr Trump praised Chinese leader Xi Jinping as recently as February. Appearing on Fox News, he was asked if he’s planning on upping the pressure in the trade war with China that he started in his first term.

While he said he wasn’t looking to restart the trade war, he also said that he would consider imposing tariffs of more than 60 percent.

“Look, I want China to do great, I do.