Outrage as Trump suggests Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles, San Diego

Democrats and some Republican officials are furious over ​President Donald Trump’s comment about a possible Iranian action in Los Angeles and San Diego.

Speaking about Iran at a campaign rally in Nebraska, Trump stated, “Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego…this is a very small price to pay.”

​California Governor Gavin Newsom said the utterance was dangerous and puts a target on two of America’s biggest cities and one of the largest naval hubs.

​Newsom directed the State Threat Assessment Center to monitor the situation in case foreign actors interpret the controversial ​remark as an invitation to hit the state.​

Mayor Karen Bass​ said while LA was “accustomed” to Trump targeting the city and the people​, it isn’t less outrageous​ than a call on a foreign enemy to destroy an American city.

​”San Diego is not collateral damage. We are not expendable​,” declared ​Mayor To​dd Gloria​, who advised the U.S. leader to keep the city out of “reckless war talk.​”

Tom ​Cochran, Executive​ Director of ​the U.S. Conference of Mayors​, stressed that President Trump ​”crossed a line that no President should ever approach.​”

​Cochran insisted no President should ever describe an attack on an American city by a hostile foreign power as acceptable​, not at a rally, as a joke, no​r under any circumstances.

​The mayors ​urged elected officials, regardless of party, to denounce ​T​rump’s remarks and to reaffirm their sworn obligation to protect every community and the people​.

White House Director of Communications, Steven Cheung, defended the President in a post on X, saying the “media freakout​ is not rooted in reality.​”

According to the aide, his boss’s position was that American cities would have been threatened if ​Iran had not been stopped​ from developing a nuclear weapon.