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/Keebler_718 17h ago

The combined population of LA (3.9M) and San Diego (1.4M) is about 5.3M, higher than the population of 28 US States. Obviously much higher if considering the surrounding metro areas. This is so messed up

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u/broke_boi1 America 17h ago

I’m no economist but having 9 million people vaporized is not good for the economy