Trump Has A Truly Deranged Message About Iran Destroying U.S. Cities
By: Conover Kennard (Crooks and Liars)
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Like us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterBy Conover Kennard — October 6, 2026
Donald J. Trump suggested during a campaign rally in Nebraska that allowing Iran to "take out" Los Angeles or San Diego would be an acceptable cost of the ongoing war.
While discussing the conflict, Trump described its economic impact as a "small price to pay" to keep the country safe. He then bizarrely applied that logic concerning the possibility of an attack on a major American city, telling the crowd, "They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego."
Even more disturbing was the crowd's response: they cheered rather than recoiled. We're used to Trump's deranged remarks, but there's something extremely disturbing about the idea of thousands of people enthusiastically applauding the notion that millions of their fellow Americans could be sacrificed as an acceptable "price to pay."
Trump's comments immediately drew condemnation from California officials. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president "deranged and dangerous," while Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said a president's responsibility is to protect Americans, not threaten them or encourage attacks against them.
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria similarly rejected the idea that his city could be treated as collateral damage, saying San Diego residents are "not expendable" and should not be considered a "small price to pay."
Both cities overwhelmingly rejected him at the ballot box. That's not a coincidence.
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.
And we will continue to remind folks of that every day.
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) October 6, 2026
The President of the United States suggested that a foreign government attack Los Angeles. His statements against our city are dangerous and could potentially compromise our safety.
The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives.
In the face of irresponsible threats, as Angelenos, we know how to stand together and protect our city.
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) October 6, 2026
San Diego is not collateral damage.
We are not expendable.
And we are never a "small price to pay."
Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.
— San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria (@MayorToddGloria) October 6, 2026
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Some might call this treasonous talk....
Firing squad?
Not messy enough...I've got a thing for the guillotine
nah, they like the good old days and want to go back. the 1400's sounds pretty good for what they deserve ...
No, they don't want to go back that far. For one thing, The United States wasn't even a gleam in some daddy's eye. They don't want to forsake their modern conveniences, either, like motor cars and air conditioning. And let's not talk about the Black Plague....
... uh, I get the reference, but that term means something completely different to maga republicans ...
I don't think trump grasps the whole mid-eastern revenge and retribution concept, after killing the iranian president. wouldn't it be easier for the iranians to hit mar-a-lago with missiles from international waters, after trump makes his move south to warmer golf courses for the winter?
Dont give him ideas, or he will use taxpayer money to put up a Star Wars type deflector shield over Maralago.
Since Trump is functionally illiterate, his White House aides are claiming that he meant to say that his policies are protecting Los Angeles and San Diego.
Is he the stupidest man to ever walk on 2 legs?
If anyone were to drop a nuke on LA, wouldn't the prevailing winds likely carry a lot of fallout to MAGA flyover territory?
From everything that I've read about nuclear fallout...yes...yes it would
turning the lights out in vegas would probably make some room on the grid for a couple data centers, or if the wind changed, make a few maga relics in phoenix glow in the dark for a few days ...
My grandkids live in Phoenix.
... hopefully their house has a basement. 4 of my cousins and their families live in the phoenix/tucson area ...
And he's clearly talking about gas prices.... but don't let context stop the hysteria
To paraphrase a favorite old move (that would never be made today)...
We don't need no stinking context!!!
Why didnt he say "let them take out the state of Idaho"?
I guess because Los Angeles and San Diego are cities likely to be targeted. Idaho is not
lol
Even Daniel Dale, cnn’s Rabidly anti trump “fact checker” debunks the claim that trump was saying it is okay for these cities to be nuked.
does it bother you that democratic leaders are manipulating people into believing a lie?
same question to you regarding republican leaders, since the latest GOP version has been going for the last 21+ years.
you go first ...
The rest of the US and the rest of world are not responsible for his inability to speak coherently. Enough of this shit.
Dont you ever get tired of Trump lying to you every day?
apparently not. But then he would have to realize he's being lied to
You know why. Idaho went all in for trmp 3 times. Los Angeles and San Diego hate him
How can you complain about the Ds lying while living under a Trump administration and dealing with a pathological liar (daily) supported by his sycophant minions also lying their asses off daily?
Trump is not just lying, he is at an outrageous level. But no concern from you about that, instead it is always a complaint about the Ds.
That, Sean, is what one means by blind partisanship.
Even more now.
Because Idaho votes Republican.
Next question?
Why does Trump lying make it okay for Democratic politicians to brazenly lie you to about Trump? Why does it make it okay for you to parrot those lies?
When even CNN's fact checker is calling Dems out for how b.s. this is you have to realize it's ridiculous, right?
The irony on display here. Top notch.
You are defending Democrats spreading the most asinine lies by claiming "but Trump"
That, TIG, is what one means by blind partisanship.
Can you ever call out a Democrat for lying?
A feeble attempt to defend your obviously blind partisanship.
Do you see me calling out Rs for lying (other than Trump)? I focus on the major, impactful liars. Right now that means Trump (and possibly cabinet sycophants who blatantly parrot his lies, but I am not sure I have even bothered criticizing them).
I have no problem calling out anyone for lying. I despise dishonesty — especially when it matters. But here is the key: No one comes close to Trump in the sheer frequency, outrageousness, reach, and potential danger of his lies. So Trump's lies are going to receive far more criticism from me than those of other Rs and of Ds.
So if you would like me to call out a recent lie from a public figure D, offer one, and I will make you happy by acknowledging the lie (if it is one).
And by the way, read the transcript. Trump likely meant to speak about oil prices as you suggest, but his language does not reflect that in any way ('take out' maybe was somehow, stupidly meant to mean 'cause outrageous prices in'), but in his misguided, low IQ, confused mind he produced this language publicly as PotUS:
This stream of consciousness and grammar is entirely fucked up. The language, if anything, should be: 'We cannot let them take out LA or San Diego; higher oil prices is a small price to pay to protect our cities'. And if he really was trying to make a point, he should use Blue cities as examples. By using cities he publicly hates, he further indicates that he has 'Let them take out ..' in his mind rather than 'We must not let them take out ...'. The guy is nuts. So I do not blame others for objecting to the actual language he used. This is the PotUS, and words matter. I do not object to them not giving this lying sack of shit any benefit of the doubt. Trump is dangerous to this nation and needs to go.
Instead of trying to defend this corrupt psychopath by yet again harping on Ds, you should be criticizing what this guy is saying and doing as PotUS! And that was my point.
In the meantime, you deflected from my question (no surprise):
How can you complain about the Ds lying while living under a Trump administration and dealing with a pathological liar (daily) supported by his sycophant minions also lying their asses off daily?
BULLSHIT
for some reason, this hilarious quote comes to mind ...
Eminently quotable.
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[deleted] [✘] YOUR COMMENT IS A FUCKING LIE and you don't understand that "Let them take out L.A. Let them take out San Diego" doesn't refer to high gas prices... Otherwise we'll chalk up your comment to typical reactionary propaganda.
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Thats not what he said, but even if he was doing a "what if" about letting Iran have nukes, why didnt he use a MAGA area as the guinea pig ?
Its not acceptable to talk like this and I am sure you know that.
When even CNN's "fact checker", whose only job is to call Trump a liar, agrees with me, I don't think his meaning is disputable.
hy didnt he use a MAGA area as the guinea pig ?
Why would that make a difference? The point is the same. Temporary higher gas prices are better than Iran nuking LA or Idaho.
MAGAS cheer and applaud...
The kindest thing you could say about this is that it is incoherent.
I'm sure he doesn't. He wouldn't know treason if it it bit him on his dick. If he has one that is
What Trump should have said (or even what he meant to say) is NOT what he actually said. And he said this publicly as PotUS.
Words matter, especially from the PotUS. Quit trying to defend this psychopath. He is far worse for this nation than conventional D policies.
"Let them take out L.A. Let them take out San Diego" is reactionary-speak for "gosh, oil prices are high". Didn't you know that?
This might also be a mild Freudian slip. It is no secret that Trump views Ds (actually anyone who does not lick his boots) as his enemy. His wishing ill on his 'enemies' is nothing new.
So in his confused mind, he tries to get out his bullshit message that he started this war to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon. But he cannot stay focused and leaps into scare-tactics (trying to scare people into voting R) before establishing his thoughts. In result, he just blurts out "Let them take out L.A. Let them take out San Diego" without a suitable context so that it can be interpreted as the exact opposite of what he stated.
In short, he is a babbling fool. Unfortunately that fool is also the PotUS so his words matter.
And, as I noted earlier, to make matters worse, he did not mention Red cities but rather his most despised Blue cities. Those examples then further the notion that he was not being sarcastic. Had he mentioned Forth Worth, Texas or Jacksonville, Florida that would have triggered a question of sarcasm.
Bottom line, I am sure he did not mean to literally say what he said, but it does not matter. This buffoon is the PotUS —he is also a hateful prick— and when he speaks, his words unfortunately carry great weight. Words matter, especially those from a PotUS.
What a friggin' nightmare.
One of the biggest frauds perpetrated on behalf of Trump over the past 10 years is the idea that he is a great public speaker. Even mainstream news outlets have sometimes fallen into this ridiculous mode.
Trump is in truth a horrible public speaker. He leaves entire phrases and even sentences out of his presentation to the point where he stops making sense. A disciplined accurate communicator would not do that. Objectively, he is buffoonish, and always has been. But this is another area where many Americans brains have been washed.
As far as Trump is concerned it's safest to always assume the worst unless and until he proves otherwise, which he never does.
He IS a DICK, width times length, is waste of so little area up taken, whilst Trump smells like a big ole used up POS gone wild, basturd spoiled child, requiring adult supervision, and an a dolt dipears gone wild, asz his bull n shit gets too deep, asz he is a 'man' child grabbin mommy's buy that pussy that "they just keep heavy pettinN lettin, this clown testing every which way
He was speaking the truth, but as you pointed out "I am sure he did not mean to literally say what he said".
If Iran were allowed to get nuclear weapons they will use them and the most potentially damaging targets for the US are those cities, blue or not. They wouldn't drop them on the cities but instead detonate them at 30,000 to 35,000 ft. above them, the perfect EMP altitude, as they have perfected their ballistic missiles to trigger at that altitude. Trump knows this, because our military knows this.
If I were to attack the US with EMP's, I would target between LA and San Diego and another one around Seattle/Portland and another somewhere around NYC, that would throw the entire country and Canada into chaos, but that's just me. Note that all these cities are blue, but they are the ones that are the best target for EMP's to cause the most chaos. As for Fort Worth, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida they would be a waste of perfectly good EMP's.
Well I would not assume Trump has clue one about such details. All he has in his mind is to say things that he believes will encourage people to vote for Rs.
Remember, this moron declared Iran's nuclear enrichment obliterated last year. He is irresponsible, incompetent, and irrational.
Why specifically, cite LA or San Diego? East cost cities like Boston, New York, and Washington are much closer to Iran, and would therefore be more likely targets.
And when he said it, this crowd cheered. Do you think they have a soft spot in their hearts for Southern California?
he doesn't know fuck all about fuck all. He doesn't know what an EMP is because that would imply that he's been paying attention to stuff all his life. Which we all know he hasn't
he's clearly talking about gas prices
This is called bottomless stupidity. It’s one thing to try and spin such a vile statement, but to characterize that garbage as “clear” is a real quick way to characterize yourself as a moron.
A reporter who attended this event was being interviewed today. He said he can’t even say the words on television that were on so many tee shirts at this event, which were violently anti-democrat. He interviewed some of the crowd and they were very open about how much they despise democrats. He said “so you despise half of your fellow citizens?”, and they said yes without even giving it a second thought. I’ve been saying for a while now that this is the real problem, Trump is just exploiting it.
The only thing clear is that ,whether he meant the comments or not, he has mental illness.
We all know how he would react if it were to happen, which is to say that he wouldn’t. He wouldn’t even toss rolls of paper towels to these cities if they were demolished.
Cheering for Iran nuking L.A. and San Diego. Just what we would expect from America-hating MAGAS.
Yay!!!
Not Omaha!!!!!!!! Omaha is the home of what used to be SAC (it's something else, now). Take out Harrison, AR. It's full of racist, bigoted, MAGA and the Klan
Yeah, take out the Klan...
Should have just finished the job 160 years ago. It would have saved real patriotic Americans a lot of headaches to get rid of the treasonous confederate scum when we had the chance.
another opportunity is just around the corner ...
There are members on here who constantly call L.A. a shithole. They must love their Dear Leader Trump wanting L.A. to get nuked.
I like the double meaning - he asked for a "take out" and he "asked for" the ad ridiculing it and him.
How come Trump's aides don't follow him around with poop bags like everyone else does with their dogs?
Because he wears adult diapers.
Oh yeah, that's right. They showed it on TV last month, but he was off his leash and that's an animal control violation.
Because he constantly shits out his mouth, they should install a food bag...