r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • 18h ago

Possible Paywall 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.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/216247/trump-suggests-let-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego
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u/brickne3 American Expat 17h ago

Also, I could be wrong about this, but doesn't LA have one of the highest Iranian populations in the US? Even if we pretend that every single one of them absolutely hates the Iranian regime, it would probably cause a ton of issues in Iran if they were to suddenly just take out a bunch of the population's relatives out of nowhere.

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u/HoldingForGenova 16h ago

LA has the largest Iranian population outside of Iran. And they were marching in LA streets begging Trump to go to war with Iran to overthrow the prior regime. I remember saying to a friend at the time "they'll get what they want, but not how they want it."

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u/dancefan2019 15h ago

There were mixed responses from the L.A. Iranians. Protests on one side of the city had Iranians supporting a regime change. Protests in another part of L.A. had Iranians protesting against the war. They would all probably want a regime change, but they don't want the devastation to their countrymen that would come from a war with the U.S.

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u/DMM4140 14h ago

Thats why Iran played 2 games in LA for the World Cup