Trump blames Biden, Harris for Iran's attack on Israel: 'Very close to global catastrophe'

Hours earlier the vice statesmanlike debate, former President Donald Trump addressed a assemblage astatine his run rally successful Wisconsin and bashed the Biden medication implicit Iran's historical onslaught connected Israel. 

"A abbreviated clip ago, Iran launched 181 ballistic missiles astatine Israel... I've been talking astir World War III for a agelong time, and I don't privation to marque predictions due to the fact that the predictions ever travel true. We're not going to marque [predictions]… but they are precise adjacent to planetary catastrophe," Trump said. "We person a non-existent president and a non-existent vice president who should beryllium successful charge, but cipher knows what's going on."

Trump's comments travel aft Israel said Iran launched 181 ballistic missiles astatine the country, marking the largest ballistic rocket onslaught successful history. 

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the onslaught was successful retaliation for the sidesplitting of Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah successful Beirut, Lebanon, successful an Israeli airstrike precocious past week and the sidesplitting of Hamas person Ismail Haniyeh successful Tehran successful July, according to Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst.

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump listens astatine a municipality hallway run lawsuit astatine Macomb Community College, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, successful Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned successful a connection released by Iranian authorities media that if Israel responds to the rocket barrage, "it volition look crushing attacks."

Trump accused President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of anemic enactment connected the satellite stage.

"That's wherefore Israel was nether onslaught conscionable a small portion ago. Because they don't respect our state anymore. The alleged force doesn't respect our state immoderate longer," Trump said.

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Trump blasted President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris aft Iran launched a monolithic ballistic rocket onslaught connected Israel.  (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump claimed Biden and Harris made Iran affluent successful a precise abbreviated play of time.

"They person $300 cardinal now. They're rich. I mean, they wage 6 cardinal each clip they person idiosyncratic that was kidnaped, it's ever $6 billion," Trump said.

"Iran was connected the verge of bankruptcy. They had nary wealth left. They had nary wealth for Hamas. They had nary wealth for Hezbollah. The radical they're warring now, they would person been consenting to marque immoderate deal. You could person made immoderate deal. But Kamala flooded them with American currency and everything. Now, I mean, they're flooding them with cash. It's honestly not adjacent believable," Trump continued.

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Tracers from firearms fired into the aerial successful solemnisation for Iran's missiles barrage connected Israel, are seen implicit Beirut, Lebanon, October 1, 2024.  (REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki)

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the Iranian rocket onslaught connected Israel was "defeated and ineffective" and that the U.S. subject coordinated with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to repel the strikes. 

"U.S. naval destroyers joined Israeli Air Defense units successful firing interceptors to sprout down inbound missiles. President Biden and Vice President Harris monitored the onslaught and the effect from the White House Situation Room, joined successful idiosyncratic and remotely by their national security team," Sullivan said. 

Sullivan characterized the onslaught arsenic a "significant escalation" portion speaking astatine a White House briefing connected Tuesday.

Sullivan said nary deaths were reported connected the Israeli side, though the White House is monitoring the reported decease of a Palestinian civilian successful Jericho successful the West Bank.

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"We bash not cognize of immoderate harm to craft oregon strategical subject assets successful Israel. In short, based connected what we cognize astatine this point, this onslaught appears to person been defeated and ineffective. The connection fog of warfare was invented for a concern similar this. This is simply a fluid situation," helium said.

Many missiles were intercepted by Israel's rocket defence systems, portion others did deed the ground. 

The Pentagon says the U.S. fired astir 12 interceptors against Iranian missiles.

Fox News’ Michael Dorgan, Stephen Sorace, Liz Friden, Nicolas Rojas, Greg Norman and The Associated Press contributed to this report.