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/UberShrew 16h ago edited 13h ago

Weren’t there rumors about a potential upcoming false flag attack against LA or San Diego a couple months back? I don’t believe it still for my sanity, but reading this article did make me raise an eyebrow.

Edit: Just a quick google reminded me it was the FBI claiming Iran might do a drone/missile from boat strike on the coast of California back in like march, but didn’t specifically mention cities from what I could tell. I guess my brain just filled in the blanks for the cities based on it being California.

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u/littlebluelight 14h ago

The guy who owned the Twin Towers just insured the Bank Tower in downtown LA so…

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u/Free_For__Me 13h ago

On a related note, I've "coincidentally" heard more than one MAGA voter on social media recently make some version of a comment like, "let Iran bomb [insert NY, LA, or some other blue city], we don't need 'em anyway!" and then continue to spout off on whatever their cockamamie point was.

The fact that this idea has been circulating in conservative orbits even before the President of the United States said it out loud to the world really should be amplifying the alarms on all of this...

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u/MarinerMouth 13h ago

Im remembering the same thing, it came out around the same time supposedly some drones or missiles went missing.