@wired: Political leaders in Democrat-run California have reacted with fury after US president Donald Trump suggested Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego. Speaking at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, on Monday, October 5, Trump said that higher prices including at the gas pump due to the war against Iran were “a small price to pay” for the added security he said the war would bring the US and the world. He then added, “Let them [Iran] take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego,” as some people in the crowd cheered. The US and Israel launched strikes against Iran in February, with Trump saying the war was necessary to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Writing on X following the president’s comments in Nebraska, California governor Gavin Newsom called Trump “deranged and dangerous.” Newsom’s press office account added, “Let’s be clear: The President is advocating for an attack on 10+ million U.S. residents in two of America’s largest cities. This is not normal. None of this is.” Also writing on X, Todd Gloria, the mayor of San Diego, said San Diego was “not collateral damage.” In a written statement, LA mayor Karen Bass said, “The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives.” She added on X, “keep LA out of your damn mouth.”
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Tuesday 06 October 2026 11:55:41 GMT
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Oc hair :
Why are people clapping
2026-10-06 15:30:07
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VIOLENT GAMER :
Never in 250 years of American history has a sitting president told a foreign adversary to bomb American soil. Telling Iran to 'take out LA and San Diego' is a very small price to pay? That is the textbook definition of 25th Amendment territory. You know it’s time for Section 4 when the Commander-in-Chief acts like a target coordinator for Iran. Unfit. Remove him.
2026-10-06 12:01:56
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Truman Capote :
2026-10-06 13:52:37
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Shoneee :
This is exactly why Stephanie Ike last week said the lord told her to tell California to fast for 40 days now you hear this
2026-10-06 16:27:12
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Michelle Geneva Davis😇😈👽🐲 :
2026-10-06 14:13:19
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𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙜 :
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2026-10-06 12:00:02
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Michelle Geneva Davis😇😈👽🐲 :
2026-10-06 14:14:44
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Michelle Geneva Davis😇😈👽🐲 :
2026-10-06 14:15:38
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PWR farq :
This man is disturbing
2026-10-06 12:11:51
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Michelle Geneva Davis😇😈👽🐲 :
2026-10-06 14:13:26
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Michelle Geneva Davis😇😈👽🐲 :
2026-10-06 14:16:21
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randomnerdgirl :
Just as bad for me is the audience of American "patriots" cheering for the death of their fellow Americans
2026-10-06 16:01:08
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sandylieberum :
WTH?! An American president states that an American city and its citizens are expendable in the interest of war while Americans cheer in the background. It's disgusting. Who have we become?!
2026-10-06 13:53:19
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Toni :
I’m being censored on facebook so I thought I’d try TikTok. I’m just kind of wondering if I’m going to be vaporized.🤷♂️I bet my son doesn’t like Trump now. He wouldn’t want his mom to be turned to dust.
2026-10-06 17:32:49
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