COMPLETELY NUTS & TREASONOUS
Trump suggests letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally
The crowd cheered.
Iris Kwok, Richard Winton, Ana Ceballos
Mon, October 5, 2026
President Trump, speaking at a campaign rally Monday, suggested Iran could "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego — a comment that was possibly in jest but brought a quick reaction from leaders in California.
Trump said he wanted to "see a tremendous victory" in the November election, "'cause it verifies all the things we did. And again, remember, with the war it's just artificial, it's a little bit high."
"It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe," he continued. "They can take out a city, let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
The crowd cheered.
His comment was met with criticism from California leaders — including at least one Trump-endorsed Republican candidate from San Diego.
Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on X: "After sending the National Guard and Marines to occupy California, Donald Trump is now saying our foreign enemies should 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego. ... He is deranged and dangerous."
Then from his press office account: "Let's be clear: The President is advocating for an attack on 10+ million U.S. residents in two of America's largest cities. This is not normal. None of this is. And we will continue to remind folks of that every day."
"San Diego is not collateral damage," San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted. "We are not expendable. And we are never a 'small price to pay.' Keep our city out of your reckless war talk."
Trump made the remarks during a rambling speech in which he said gas prices would be lower soon, touted his ouster of Venezuela's dictator and made attacks on news outlets.
He was in Grand Island, Neb., encouraging residents of the deep-red state to vote as if he were on the ballot.
It was unclear whether Trump's comments were based on any intelligence, and it's far from clear that Iran has anywhere near the capability for a missile attack on the U.S.
In March, Iran launched missiles toward Diego Garcia, an Indian Ocean island that is home to a strategic U.K.-U.S. military base. The Associated Press reported at the time that Iran has a self-imposed limit on its ballistic missile program, limiting the range to 1,240 miles. Diego Garcia is well outside that range. U.S. officials, however, long have alleged that Iran's space program could allow it to build intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Also in March, law enforcement agencies across California were warned that the Iran war could lead to a surprise drone attack in the Golden State. But sources told The Times there's no credible intelligence to support it and officials said they did not take it seriously.
Trump has long had a strained relationship with Los Angeles, where he struggled to garner traction for his business ventures.
In 2019, he went on a highly publicized trip to San Diego to tout his border wall.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a statement called Trump's remarks "dangerous," saying they could "potentially compromise our safety."
"The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives," she said.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) also criticized Trump for his comments on Monday evening, writing on X, "The President says the Iran war will end 'very soon.' How many times have we heard that promise? And if it means attacks on two major American cities in the process, he is not troubled by the cost."
Democrat Xavier Becerra, the gubernatorial front-runner who spent decades representing the Los Angeles area in Congress, said on X, "Thirteen million Californians call LA and San Diego counties home. Their lives are not a 'small price to pay' or a punchline for Donald Trump."
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Dark theory emerges about origin of Trump's 'take out' LA and San Diego blurt
Tom Boggioni
October 6, 2026
RAW STORY
US President Donald Trump holds an Executive Order after signing it onstage during a rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, US, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would let Iran attack Los Angeles or San Diego at a Nebraska rally on Monday night led MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire to raise the possibility that the president might be teasing out something.
During a “Morning Joe” panel discussion that focused an extensive amount of time on Trump telling the crowd, “They [Iran] can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego," Lemire added a warning.
Asserting Trump is “…trying to justify a failed war of choice, a war that has made the economic situation for most Americans worse and there's no end in sight,” Lemire continued, "Despite what he claims, he's saddling Republicans with another unpopular issue.”
“They're going to be asked about this,” he predicted.“Now, also, we know President Trump has next to no filter,” he observed. “He's blurting something out of nowhere about Los Angeles or San Diego. Is it possible he received some sort of briefing that there's actually a threat against one of those cities, and he's now just saying that? Or at the very least, this is now yet another moment of where there is no bottom.”
Tom Boggioni
October 6, 2026
RAW STORY
US President Donald Trump holds an Executive Order after signing it onstage during a rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, US, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would let Iran attack Los Angeles or San Diego at a Nebraska rally on Monday night led MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire to raise the possibility that the president might be teasing out something.
During a “Morning Joe” panel discussion that focused an extensive amount of time on Trump telling the crowd, “They [Iran] can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego," Lemire added a warning.
Asserting Trump is “…trying to justify a failed war of choice, a war that has made the economic situation for most Americans worse and there's no end in sight,” Lemire continued, "Despite what he claims, he's saddling Republicans with another unpopular issue.”
“They're going to be asked about this,” he predicted.“Now, also, we know President Trump has next to no filter,” he observed. “He's blurting something out of nowhere about Los Angeles or San Diego. Is it possible he received some sort of briefing that there's actually a threat against one of those cities, and he's now just saying that? Or at the very least, this is now yet another moment of where there is no bottom.”
Gasps as 'insane' Trump goads enemy to 'take out' 5M Americans: ‘No words’
Alexander Willis
October 6, 2026
RAW STORY
US President Donald Trump is silhouetted as he holds a rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, US, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
President Donald Trump horrified countless onlookers Monday night after openly encouraging Iran to “take out” two major U.S. cities, adding that doing so would be a “very small price to pay” for “keeping the world safe.”
“No words,” wrote former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance in a social media post on X, reacting to a viral clip of Trump’s remarks.
Speaking during his rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, Trump admitted that U.S. prices were “a little bit high” amid his war against Iran, but insisted that the deeply unpopular conflict would be “over with very soon.”
“It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe! They can take out a city, let ‘em take out Los Angeles, let ‘em take out San Diego! This is a very small price to pay, and it’s gonna be over with very soon,” Trump said, eliciting cheers from attendees.
“It’s essentially almost over with, and they might keep going a little long. They always say they have a big threshold for pain… they need it, let me tell you! But it’s gonna end very soon, and it’ll end one way or the other.”
With nearly 3.9 million residents, Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, and Los Angeles County, with its close to 9.7 million residents, is the single-most populous county in the nation. San Diego has around 1.4 million residents, and San Diego County has nearly 3.3 million, with the region also home to the nation’s “largest military community” with around 110,000 active-duty service members.
“A sitting President even JOKING about the deaths of over 5 million of his own citizens, while an audience seal claps? We've gone way beyond insanity,” wrote comedian and radio host Adam Buckley.
MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell called Trump “insane,” former UFC fighter Gray Maynard called the president a “terrorist,” and multiple elected officials from Southern California expressed their outrage.
“The President of the United States suggested that a foreign government attack Los Angeles. His statements against our city are dangerous and could potentially compromise our safety,” wrote Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. “The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives.”
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria told Trump to “keep [his] city out of [his] reckless war talk,” insisting that San Diego was “never a ‘small price to pay,’” and Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to continue to remind Americans that the president’s violent rhetoric was “not normal.”
“Let’s be clear: The President is advocating for an attack on 10+ million U.S. residents in two of America’s largest cities,” Newsom wrote. “This is not normal. None of this is. And we will continue to remind folks of that every day.”
Impeachment on the table after Trump 'jokes' Iran can bomb LA or San Diego: analysts
Tom Boggioni
October 6, 2026
After sharing the clip on “Morning Joe,” the hosts said the president’s defenders were already dismissing the comment as a “joke” no one should take seriously.
They were not amused.
“President Trump last night in Nebraska, again, trying to justify the higher prices Americans are paying for fuel and other goods, while also just casually calling for Iran to attack two of the most populous cities in the United States, “ co-host Mike Brzezinski remarked.
Co-host Joe Scarborough added, “Yeah. You know, there will be some, ‘Oh, he's just joking. He's just —.' Well, okay, well, great. Tell me then, please, what other American president in our history post-Civil War, have called for the destruction of entire cities — joking. If this is your joke, this is your idea of a presidential joke, joking about the killing of 10 million or so people? Is that, is that where we are?”
“I don't get when the president of the United States says Iran can obliterate Los Angeles and San Diego — not funny — if you're an American who actually believes that presidents should do more than divide us,” he added.
Co-host Willie Geist pointed out, “As you say, Joe, it goes without saying that if any other president, especially a Democrat, let's say Barack Obama, for example, or Joe Biden made that joke, there would be outrage across the board and maybe calls for impeachment.”
“Well, of course there would be calls for impeachment,” Scarborough agreed, “if he called for the obliteration of, say, Jacksonville or Birmingham, or if it were a Democratic president calling for the obliteration of Republican cities. Of course, of course, there would be immediate calls for impeachment.”
Tom Boggioni
October 6, 2026
RAW STORY
US President Donald Trump during a rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, US, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
A glib rally comment by Donald Trump on Monday night that he would be fine with Iran bombing either Los Angeles or San Diego set off a call for his impeachment on MS NOW on Tuesday morning.
Speaking in Grand Island, Nebraska, the American president made an off-the-cuff remark when talking about the cost of the war, telling the applauding crowd it was “a small price to pay for keeping the world safe – keeping our country safe."
“They can take out a city,” he continued before adding, “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.”
US President Donald Trump during a rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, US, October 5, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
A glib rally comment by Donald Trump on Monday night that he would be fine with Iran bombing either Los Angeles or San Diego set off a call for his impeachment on MS NOW on Tuesday morning.
Speaking in Grand Island, Nebraska, the American president made an off-the-cuff remark when talking about the cost of the war, telling the applauding crowd it was “a small price to pay for keeping the world safe – keeping our country safe."
“They can take out a city,” he continued before adding, “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.”
After sharing the clip on “Morning Joe,” the hosts said the president’s defenders were already dismissing the comment as a “joke” no one should take seriously.
They were not amused.
“President Trump last night in Nebraska, again, trying to justify the higher prices Americans are paying for fuel and other goods, while also just casually calling for Iran to attack two of the most populous cities in the United States, “ co-host Mike Brzezinski remarked.
Co-host Joe Scarborough added, “Yeah. You know, there will be some, ‘Oh, he's just joking. He's just —.' Well, okay, well, great. Tell me then, please, what other American president in our history post-Civil War, have called for the destruction of entire cities — joking. If this is your joke, this is your idea of a presidential joke, joking about the killing of 10 million or so people? Is that, is that where we are?”
“I don't get when the president of the United States says Iran can obliterate Los Angeles and San Diego — not funny — if you're an American who actually believes that presidents should do more than divide us,” he added.
Co-host Willie Geist pointed out, “As you say, Joe, it goes without saying that if any other president, especially a Democrat, let's say Barack Obama, for example, or Joe Biden made that joke, there would be outrage across the board and maybe calls for impeachment.”
“Well, of course there would be calls for impeachment,” Scarborough agreed, “if he called for the obliteration of, say, Jacksonville or Birmingham, or if it were a Democratic president calling for the obliteration of Republican cities. Of course, of course, there would be immediate calls for impeachment.”
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