{"id":319140,"date":"2026-10-06T04:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/319140\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T04:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:40:09","slug":"in-nebraska-speech-trump-says-iran-can-take-out-a-city-mentions-los-angeles-and-san-diego-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/319140\/","title":{"rendered":"In Nebraska speech, Trump says Iran can \u2018take out a city,\u2019 mentions Los Angeles and San Diego \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a campaign event Monday<\/a> in Nebraska, President Donald Trump, after saying gas prices would come down after the war with Iran ends \u201cvery soon,\u201d said \u201cthey can take out a city\u201d and suggested Los Angeles and San Diego as options.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd again, remember, with the war, it\u2019s just artificial. It\u2019s a little bit high. It\u2019s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey can take out a city. Let \u2019em take out Los Angeles, let \u2019em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay, and it\u2019s going to be over with very soon. It\u2019s essentially almost over with. And they might keep going a little long, you know, they always say they have a big threshold for pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

The visit to Nebraska, which Trump said is part of a 32-day blitz of rallies ahead of the Nov. 3 election, saw the president campaigning alongside GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts, who is running against an independent candidate backed by national Democrats.<\/p>\n

The statement about the Southern California cities came soon after the president told the crowd, \u201cwe\u2019re kicking Iran\u2019s ass.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne way or the other it\u2019s going to end very soon and your prices are going to come tumbling\u2026 all your prices have been tumbling down. In fact, oil is less than it was under (President Joe) Biden, so you understand, and we are saving this country from a problem, and the Middle East, and Israel and everybody. We\u2019re saving the world from what could be one of the worst tragedies ever; we\u2019re not going to let them have, they won\u2019t have \u2014 that\u2019s decided \u2014 they will not have a nuclear weapon. They understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n

See also: White House officials downplay FBI memo to California law enforcement warning of possible drone attack<\/a><\/p>\n

He added that the Navy is doing a great job in helping get oil through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re taking more oil out of the Strait now than we did before the war,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing what our Navy has done, what our military has done. We have the greatest military in the world, and I built it during my first term.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s remarks come as San Diego is in the spotlight just days before the expected return Thursday<\/a> of the USS Abraham Lincoln after one of the longest and most grueling deployments since World War II.<\/p>\n

Several state and local leaders took to social media Monday night to repost footage of the speech and share their thoughts on Trump\u2019s mention of the California cities, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter sending the National Guard and Marines to occupy California,\u201d said a post from Newsom on X<\/a>. \u201cDonald Trump is now saying our foreign enemies should \u2018take out\u2019 Los Angeles and San Diego,\u201d Newsom\u2019s post said. \u201cHe is deranged and dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Alex Padilla posted about the war and questioned Trump as commander in chief.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least 19 service members have made the ultimate sacrifice in Trump\u2019s unauthorized war with Iran \u2014 including Noah Tietjens<\/a> of Nebraska,\u201d said a post on X<\/a> from Padilla. \u201cNow Trump is in Nebraska inviting an attack on U.S. soil, putting millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of our service members at risk while trying to get Americans to cheer for an attack on our own country. What kind of Commander in Chief does that?\u201d<\/p>\n

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria also posted on the platform, saying San Diego is \u201cnot collateral damage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not expendable,\u201d said the post<\/a>. \u201cAnd we are never a \u2018small price to pay.\u2019 Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the event, Trump also signed an executive order to ease limits on the tax-free use of red-dyed diesel, a decision he said would save \u201cmillions\u201d for farmers and drive down the cost of all goods with just four weeks to go until the elections. Diesel fuel prices<\/a> have spiked in the aftermath of the Iran war, rattling voters and putting pressure on Republicans.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During a campaign event Monday in Nebraska, President Donald Trump, after saying gas prices would come down after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[34,674,2441,42,81,31899],"class_list":["post-319140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-iran","tag-local-news","tag-national-politics","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-top-stories-sdut"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117392128285510080","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}