Trump blames Harris for 7 October attack

Former US President and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of causing Hamas' 7 October attack on southern Israel.

"SHE HATES ISRAEL," Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social as part of a string of posts reacting to Harris' speech at the Democratic National Convention. "Wouldn’t even show up to Congress for [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s session!"

Harris met Netanyahu in private during his visit to the US.

"She caused the Attack of October 7th," Trump said in another post. "Iran was BROKE – Didn’t have money for Hezbollah."

Trump then shared posts boasting about the hard line he took against Iran and saying he defeated ISIS during his presidency, adding that he "kept the Middle East at peace, kept [the US] out of wars through strength".

He then claimed Harris would "take us into a Nuclear World War III!"