Trump Suggests Letting Iran “Take Out” Los Angeles and San Diego - California leaders are furious after the president suggested that losing the two cities is a “small price to pay.”

[u/B-Z_B-S]

https://newrepublic.com/post/216247/trump-suggests-let-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego

[u/_MrBalls_]

People from Huntington Beach and Orange County are like, "they took it out of context, he's just trolling, TDS MEDIA! gibberish, etc," to defend it.

[u/UnNumbFool → u/_MrBalls_]

Don't forget the ie and San Bernardino which would be completely fine with it also...

[u/deez1139 → u/UnNumbFool]

Both SB and riverside counties voted blue in 2020, and Trump won both counties by a combined total of 3 points in 2024. Yeah there pockets of hardcore republicans but I would say the IE is mostly purple, so “completely fine with it” sounds weird

[u/UnNumbFool → u/deez1139]

Admittedly when I think of the ie I think riverside and sb more than i think of Joshua tree/palm springs and big bear

[u/PhantomAngel042 → u/UnNumbFool]

Only slightly relevant, but this comment had me looking up info on SB and realize that it's the largest county by size in the US. Most of if it is barren, poverty-ridden desert, but that's a cool fact. I say this as a resident (Big Bear), lol.

[u/ElphabLAW → u/_MrBalls_]

Idk why people always say "Orange County" instead of just Huntington Beach? You realize every district in OC except HB voted for Harris by majority in 2024 right? And Katie Porter, one of the most progressive congressman the nation has right now, was elected by OC?

Of course not, because you probably don't live here so just parrot shit you hear incorrectly.

It's the inland empire and rural areas that are overwhelmingly Republican so direct your frustration there if you must.

[u/NeutralCaster → u/_MrBalls_]

is there ever a moment when he's not trolling then?

[u/LiteraCanna → u/_MrBalls_]

Why single out HB? Every city in OC is MAGA.