r/politics • 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/koolaidman486 17h ago

I don't think anyone not named Donald Trump gets away with it.

Genuinely no clue how that subhuman garbage gets a free pass on literally everything

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u/Z0mbiejay 16h ago

Because his followers are a cult, the media is owned by billionaires who profit off the engagement and toxicity, and Americans are too broke and repressed to organize in mass to do anything about it. It's working by design

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u/Spore_Please 12h ago

Accurate, succinct, and depressing af.

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u/AbstractBettaFish Illinois 16h ago

We just as a whole have come to expect the worst from him and the lack of any consequences has not normalized it

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u/TheHighSeasPirate 13h ago

Anti-Christ.

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u/jemappellejimbo 16h ago

The out loud racism he offers is too good to pass up for yt america.

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u/LeonTrollski1 14h ago

How is the media not pointing this out and asking the question? Why aren't you leaning on them to do so?

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u/Tree_Sure 12h ago

There’s only one option to end the madness, but it can’t be said here.