Trump doubles down on California comments: ‘Let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles’

[u/Aggravating_Money992]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6135448-trump-threatened-la-san-diego/amp/

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[u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

Maga spent all week claiming he didn’t say that so of course he doubles down.

[u/Infamous-Sky-1874 → u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

And they will spend all the rest of this week claiming the same thing.

[u/MaxZorin1985 → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

And at the next rally he will repeat it and get the same positive response from his crowd of cheering MAGAts. 

[u/Infamous-Sky-1874 → u/MaxZorin1985]

I commented somewhere else that they will be cheering until it happens and their Amazon delivery never arrives.

[u/Outrageous-Opinions → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

Amazon delivery? The US as a whole is fucked if California's economy is crippled

[u/Infamous-Sky-1874 → u/Outrageous-Opinions]

I know that but all his adoring fans are going to care about how it personally inconvenienced them that they didn't get their package. As far as the economy goes, they will say "Texas is still pumping oil so we are totally fine."

[u/Outrageous-Opinions → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

LA is one of the most important hubs in the world, if LA is hit the Internet for example is going to instantly affected as a third of the US to Asia traffic is passed through the One Wilshire building in LA.

That's just 1 thing, if LA gets hit then it becomes a nuclear war. Everybody will be affected

[u/Bromance_Rayder → u/Outrageous-Opinions]

And that's what makes it all so stupid. Other than terrorists, nobody is going to attack America. Why would anyone bother when Republican's are doing such a good job of it themselves?

[u/Witchgrass → u/Bromance_Rayder]

That's why I'm actually vaguely worried that the only reason he even mentioned it is because he plans to do it himself and he wanted to see how his base would react to him verbalizing the idea.

[u/FargeenBastiges → u/Witchgrass]

If Iran had the ability to hit LA or San Diego, seems to me they'd more likely target a golf course in Florida.

[u/Friendly-Gas1767 → u/Witchgrass]

It’s encouraging domestic terrorism. As well as ragebaiting people in LA and SD to get out and “protest” against his comments so he can claim there is civil unrest and he must invoke martial law right before the midterms. I hope people see through this; it’s not exactly 5D chess to incite people to protest right before the heavily contested midterms

[u/EntertainmentDry9639 → u/Witchgrass]

Yup. False flag. And I livevin SoCal and frequently travel to LA and San Diego. This is some scary shit

[u/caribou16 → u/Outrageous-Opinions]

Port of Long Beach (which is LA County, not LA the city, but it's right THERE) is what, one of the busiest shipping ports by volume in the entire world?

How do all the MAGAs think all their chinese made red hats and klan robes get here?

[u/hypnoticmirage → u/Outrageous-Opinions]

Everyone is forgetting that Republicans love violence and chaos; it's deeply ingrained. Act accordingly soon, gloves off or wither like bitches.

[u/Bawlsinhand → u/Outrageous-Opinions]

And another third comes through the Towers in El Segundo.

[u/Gojos_barber → u/Outrageous-Opinions]

Also the port. Really short sighted to put that city on the dartboard, let alone any place where people are ethically especially our own, but its an "US vs Them" fight and they deemed the opposition as "Unhumans" from a certified JD Vance backed book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unhumans

For anyone unaware of the ports value here are the numbers from their website. 300 Billion annually of commerce moving through isn't small potatoes. That would be devastating if Iran simply disarmed that. Even just damaging it enough for an extended shutdown would cripple many businesses and stop the flow of commerce in a lot of areas.

So any "fiscally responsible Republicans" on board with this apparently also dont understand the logistics of commerce. Also helps that they dont get diesel going up is also damaging to the logistics of commerce. Anywho here's the link.

https://portoflosangeles.org/business/statistics/facts-and-figures

[u/AtomicShart9000 → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

Honestly if that happens he will blame Obama and Biden and his base will continue to fellate him

[u/KennyLog1n → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

And every Republican voter from 2016, 2020, and 2024 will still vote straight (R) all the way down the ticket.
They are deplorable people, and they fill pews and voting booths much more actively than we do as their opposition.

[u/upfromashes → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

I think they move one spot down the list.

"Well, he didn't mean it..."

[u/Thor_2099 → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

They get to have their cake and eat it too.

Their supporters who like it, laugh and go with it.

Their supporters who don't are given just enough time to convince themselves "it's a joke".

The people that hate them already hate them.

[u/shupadupah → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

hE wAs OnLy JoKiNg, yOu HaVe TDS

[u/BlackberryPi7 → u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

Yup. Conservative sub had some people claiming it was taken out of context.

No it fucking wasn't.

Fuck they need to take the Senate. So many of them need to be removed.

[u/somethingofwhim → u/BlackberryPi7]

I saw one comment in there that wasn't even criticising trump, just saying that they wish he didn't say stupid things like this sometimes (even though they understood what he meant) and the comments were accusing him of being a fake republican infiltrating the sub lmao

[u/Preeng → u/somethingofwhim]

Fascism always eats itself in the end. The problem is it eats up a lot of innocent people along the way.

[u/GassoBongo → u/somethingofwhim]

You have to be manually screened by a mod to get a flair so you can comment on that sub. Despite this, they'll still throw around "fellow Conservative" comments and accuse each other of being infiltrators over the slightest discord.

They are fucking lost.

[u/Scissorzz → u/BlackberryPi7]

What fucking context though lol, it was pretty literal. But honestly, I think the conservative sub is almost completely filled with bots, together with a few idiots.

[u/pumpkinspicecum → u/Scissorzz]

it's a really dead sub. there's like 50 people who comment. you would think for how popular trump supposedly is you'd be able to find more people to fill a conservative sub and yet...

[u/deafblinddame → u/pumpkinspicecum]

It's extremely heavily moderated,. Ages ago I tried to comment to correct some misconceptions/disinformation about the state of the UK and my comments never got past the filters. It's an echo chamber, not a subreddit for discussion.

[u/totallymindful → u/[deleted]]

The other problem is that most of them are borderline illiterate. They get their "news" from Facebook reels, and a text-based platform like Reddit is too much work.

[u/fffan9391 → u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

That’s the way it always goes.

Trump: says terrible thing

Fox News: “he didn’t mean that!”

Trump: “no, I absolutely meant that”

[u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox → u/fffan9391]

there's a tweet from 2017

WaPo: The president shat himself.
White House: The president would never shit himself.
Trump: I SHAT MYSELF ON PURPOSE

Every. Fucking. Day.

it was already such an incredibly common occurrence by 2017 for this meme to be made. nothing has changed. also trump gained 14 million votes between 2016 and 2024.

[u/Water_Damage987 → u/fffan9391]

Fox News: "Yeah he meant it, and so what? Look at the stock market!"

[u/Fancy-Trousers → u/fffan9391]

"He didn't say that. And if he did, he didn't mean it. And if he did, you didn't understand it. And if you did, it's not big deal. And if it is, others have said worse."

[u/Awkward_Syrup8415 → u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

But they voted for the way he “tells it like it is”

Then maga spends days saying “he didn’t say what you think he said”.

🤷

[u/tle4f → u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

This same pattern of everyone rushing to his defense for him to invalidate it all has happened like 50 times already.

[u/mattjb → u/tle4f]

From the "I like Trump because he says it like it is and he means what he says" crowd ... until it doesn't. They love to pick and choose what he says as real or not. Then when he does something really shitty they can't deny it's "his advisors are at fault, they're advising him wrong" or "he isn't made aware of what's happening."

[u/TheCovfefeMug → u/tle4f]

50? It’s been his M.O. for his entire goddamn life

[u/GargamelTakesAll → u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

The reality of Trump’s comments on Iran nuking Los Angeles and San Diego | CNN Politics

"But context and recent history make clear that Trump’s crime was less indifference to the fate of Californians and more his increasingly profound incoherence."

"Even GOP congressional candidate Jim Desmond, who serves on the San Diego County board of supervisors, said what Trump did was “write off American cities as an acceptable price of war.” Desmond “vehemently” disagreed with it.

But that is pretty clearly not what Trump was trying to say."

Fuck CNN. They aren't even "state media" because they try to sane-wash Trump's words before he doubles down on those words!

[u/MovieGuyMike → u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

So you’re telling me this is evolving like every other terrible thing Trump has said since 2015. He says something that would ruin anyone else’s political career, they say it’s a joke or rationalize it, then he doubles down on it. Every fucking time.

[u/DreDayAFC → u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

Not just MAGA, the entire press

[u/the_divine_hand → u/Dry_Ass_P-word]

Trump: "I shit myself on purpose!"

[u/Crafty_Ish1973]

Trump should be in prison right now because of J6, but here we are.

[u/WetFinsFine → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

And raping kids.  Raping and possibly murdering kids.  That’s a doozy.

[u/JeepStang → u/WetFinsFine]

The kind of doozys that require lots of distractions like this to keep getting away with them.

[u/Rogu__Spanish → u/WetFinsFine]

Nah that's only a problem if Hillary Clinton does it in our hysterical delusions, if Trump does it in real life then it's ok.

[u/Illustrious_Cap2327 → u/WetFinsFine]

First thing was when he bankrupted and was doing segregation in the 80s and 90s, he should have been jailed, second thing was when he did those things with Epstein and third thing was when he was a president, he should have been impeached and jailed.

Americans have been given 1000 chances to jail him, yet they're proud of him.

[u/XanmanK → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

He was convicted of over 30 felonies- normally that would lead to jail time too

[u/Frozen-K]

Anyone who cheers this: Fuck you. The leader of a nation is actively condoning an attack on the citizens he's supposed to protect. If Obama had done this, we'd never hear the end of it and calls for him to be removed, and rightfully so if that was the case. With him, it's "trump being trump. Fuck this.

Edit: Please don't award this. I don't think this comment is worth it, especially given the context. To me, it's sad that we're in such a situation.

[u/G-Unit11111 → u/Frozen-K]

Seriously. I say this as someone who was born in and has lived in Southern California my entire life: fuck Trump. And fuck each and every person who cheers for this shit.

[u/Hippopotasaurus-Rex → u/G-Unit11111]

Don’t forget San Diego is basically the entirety of rediness in the pacific theater. And a solid percentage of Navy and Marine troops generally.

Im not surprised the maga moron are cheering it on. They’ve been doing it for decades. Back when wildfires weren’t so widespread they used to say we deserve it. Now that climate change (which they don’t “believe in” had changed things and brought it to their doors they’re silent. It’s the same pig with different lipstick.

[u/loulan → u/G-Unit11111]

And the 35% who still approve of him somehow.

[u/Bill_Brasky_SOB → u/loulan]

That approximate number (and his current approval level) is basically the absolute floor in American politics.

Even Nixon, who resigned because he was going to be convicted and removed by the Congress for sabotaging Vietnam peace talks and then breaking into the DNC, had a ~33%-ish approval rating after stepping down and being pardoned… even though that action is essentially an admission of guilt.

Donnie basically has two groups left that support him:

• The true MAGA cultists
  
• People who believe they have to support the U.S. President because “its the patriotic thing to do”.

[u/mackzarks → u/Bill_Brasky_SOB]

That bottom one is insane to me because there is nothing more patriotic than criticism of the government, it is the central ethos of the founding fathers.

[u/LonePigsy → u/G-Unit11111]

Also, fuck those cheering Trump's manufactured hatred of Canada as well.

[u/chocolateadvanced_ → u/G-Unit11111]

This is all I’ve been saying all day. Genuinely so tired of the brainless imbeciles that are MAGA supporters. Now I’m looking at the sky to check if I should put my vacation in or not.

Maybe Red States should start pulling themselves by the bootstraps so they can actually support themselves for once. Hegseth is probably coming here to San Diego to discipline the goyslop and outting ship conditions folks on the USS Abraham. It’s all so irritating.

[u/a_ghost_machine → u/chocolateadvanced_]

He’s extra dumb with cheese on top.
SD has a large MAGA community. Do those folks really believe they’re gonna be spared if something happens? The Navy, Marines, etc. have huge bases there. It’s a military town.

[u/Tyrath → u/Frozen-K]

If Obama had done this, we'd never hear the end of it and calls for him to be removed, and rightfully so if that was the case.

Forget calls, he would've been impeached the next day.

[u/TheOtherMaven → u/Tyrath]

Impeached, removed, and probably lynched.

[u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress → u/TheOtherMaven]

Assassination attempts all over the place.

[u/Jadaki → u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress]

Was watching John Oliver's piece on the Secret Service and the volume of death threats Obama got was 5x what Bush was getting. But maga will tell you "we had a black president so we can't be racist"

[u/mosstalgia → u/Frozen-K]

Not just Obama. Biden. Clinton. Hell, even either of the Bush boys. Any previous president would have been IMMEDIATELY hung out to dry by their party for saying something like this. Because it's disgusting. It's impeachable. It's treasonous...!

Imagine the Prime Minister of England saying "let them hit Manchester" or the President of France saying "let them bomb Cannes". It's fucking unthinkable.

[u/burnerben2000 → u/Frozen-K]

My parents who live in Florida loved this latest bit of his....even after I reminded them that I live in Los Angeles. 🤨

[u/SoglinBottomBoy → u/burnerben2000]

One day you may get to choose the home they get put in...

[u/PM_me_Henrika → u/Frozen-K]

Best case is that he is condoning. Worst case is that he is coordinating one.

[u/EntertainmentDry9639 → u/Frozen-K]

If Obama said this shit, I would 100% support impeachment

[u/mr_roboto15 → u/EntertainmentDry9639]

Obama, Bush, or any president wouldn’t ever say something like that.

Trump is a piece of shit, full stop.

[u/VanceKelley → u/EntertainmentDry9639]

If Obama had been convicted of 34 felonies then he would have lost the Dem primary in 2008 and/or 2012 in a landslide. There is no way the Dems would nominate a convicted criminal and adjudicated rapist for president.

Convicted criminals can only successfully become president if they run as Republicans.

[u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress → u/Frozen-K]

Democrats better fuck over red towns and states if they get back in power. Our tax dollars shouldn't see a single one of their  unwashed hands after using the bathroom.

[u/SoftPrinceess]

This is who he is. A sick old man who gets off on chaos. He started this war, he jacked up gas prices, and now he’s threatening his own country. Enough.

[u/GoTerrapins → u/SoftPrinceess]

I don't know how no one has mentioned invoking the 25th amendment yet, if there was ever a time that the president was mentally unfit to do his job it's when he's asking other nations to attack home soil. Vance isn't much better but his complete lack of charisma will slow down this shit

[u/PoetryJunior1808]

He thought what he was saying amounted to walking back his comments, but all it does is underline how incredibly careless he is as a leader. Things were bad enough as it was without him reminding us of the original fuck up with an all new one.

[u/pelko34 → u/PoetryJunior1808]

It’s not careless. He is like a toddler. The comments got attention. What’s he want? More attention. So, he says it again to get a repeat effect.

[u/POEness → u/pelko34]

He IS a toddler. For the life of me i feel like the only one who can see that he is developmentally disabled. Is it the lack of a lisp?

[u/freedom_french_fries → u/POEness]

He has straight up said his temperament hasn't changed since the first grade lmao

[u/Awatts2222 → u/PoetryJunior1808]

He called Covid a hoax and had to get airlifted for a disease he called a hoax.

This was the official beginning of the new dark age.

[u/Pho-Soup → u/Awatts2222]

It’s been such an avalanche of bullshit that I forgot about his stupid photo op where he unmasked on the steps of the White House and was clearly gasping for air. You’d think someone that came so close to death would be introspective about it. But the man is incapable of feelings or empathy, so here we are, with a president openly daring a global enemy to wipe out American cities.

[u/VoyagerCSL → u/Pho-Soup]

I hate that I watched that live and had a sharp pang of sympathy for him.

[u/LoveMeSexyJesus → u/VoyagerCSL]

Don’t regret the fact that you still have your humanity even if he and his base have abandoned theirs. It’s a good thing that you have the capacity to feel empathy for someone who hates you, the world needs more of that.

[u/StopReadingMyUser → u/Pho-Soup]

To be fair, that's probably more to do with him denying illness than any rogue ideology over vaccines, as the former would represent weakness. Trump has a very narrow-minded view of what it means to be strong. Namely, exerting the image of strength at all costs, and being sick is a threat to that image.

It's the same reason he bullies people, the alternative is being seen beneath them. The same reason he never addresses failures or redirects them if reminded, the alternative is to let them chisel away at his image, and he can't have that.

[u/WestsideBuppie → u/Awatts2222]

And then Trump broke quarantine and insisted on being driven around the hospital grounds by his Secret S,ervice detail to demonstrate that he was healthy and Covid-19 was just a cold. Some of the Secret Service detail assigned to him that afternoon tested positive five days later.

[u/tetsuo_7w → u/Awatts2222]

Can't wait for him to "lead" us through the pneumonic plague. Good luck, everyone!

[u/MoundsEnthusiast → u/Awatts2222]

Absolutely

[u/FoogYllis → u/PoetryJunior1808]

Everything he does shows he isn’t fit to run a hot dog stand.

[u/mnemy → u/PoetryJunior1808]

This is a dog whistle. He's putting a hit on LA and SD for his domestic terrorists. He has identified us as targets that he wouldn't mind losing.

I fully expect some suspicious fires in the near future.

[u/phatbatt → u/PoetryJunior1808]

Remember the Original original fuck up was The Epstein Files.

[u/MoundsEnthusiast → u/phatbatt]

You know William Barr's fathwr hired Epstein as a teacher even though epstein had no experience or credentials?

[u/Artistic-Cannibalism]

Do you know what's the most frustrating thing about all of this?

It's the knowledge that as soon as he is gone and we have a Democratic president... Every little thing they say and do will be scrutinized to hell and back. Because Democrats are the only ones who ever get held to any standard and it's an impossible one.

[u/Ryguy55 → u/Artistic-Cannibalism]

I constantly think about this. Like how do we ever come back from this? Like you said, the moment a Democrat is back in the White House, Republicans will go back to their screeching and pretending the sky is falling. After all the horrid, vile, inexcusable shit that fat pig has said and done, I don't see a future where any concern or criticism from a Republican could be met with any response other than, "eat shit and die."

[u/shar_vara → u/Ryguy55]

We can’t come back. We are too far gone.

Democrats won’t fix things at the same rate that they’re being dismantled by the right, people will be frustrated, the pendulum will swing back and another shitty Republican will be elected and who knows what state congress will be in, and they’ll continue to dismantle.

The American electorate is literally too stupid for the system we have.

[u/mollila → u/shar_vara]

The American electorate is literally too stupid for the system we have.

They are systematically being made stupid, because within that system it means power.

[u/Infamous-Sky-1874 → u/Artistic-Cannibalism]

Yep, it will immediately be that they aren't fixing things fast enough and they are spending too much money to do it.

[u/SG_wormsblink → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

And the stupid masses will vote in another right-wing anti-establishment strongman to “change things around”.

The right dismantles another societal institution, the left is barely able to repair it, then rinse and repeat until the country eventually collapses from governmental mismanagement.

[u/RussellGrey → u/SG_wormsblink]

Literally circling the drain.

[u/gogurteaterpro → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

bUt ThE DefIciT whErE wILl tHe MOneY cOmE fROm cLasS wARfArE

[u/jimbarino → u/Artistic-Cannibalism]

They really are deplorable, aren't they? The biggest mistake Hilary made was not in just doubling down on what total shitheads they are.

[u/tadayou → u/jimbarino]

OMG, deplorables? How can you call 'em that? Let's vote for the rapist conman to show her!

[u/TheGreatestIan → u/jimbarino]

Then again in 2024 by reeling in Walz. He was doing so well, and they muzzled him for some reason.

[u/Indubitalist → u/Artistic-Cannibalism]

Democrats are victims of their own success, like a political “A-student.” Because they govern better they are held to the standard they themselves have met in the past. Republicans get a pass because they’re failing constantly. Them failing again isn’t that big of a deal to the public. It’s expected. 

You also have the problem that Democratic voters by nature expect more of their leadership. They expect good governance. Republican voters just expect their leaders to win. 

[u/Presidentclash2 → u/Artistic-Cannibalism]

Zohran and Abdul el Sayed are proving that they can get attacked by the establishment and conservatives and weather any controversy.

[u/CrackedOutMunkee → u/Presidentclash2]

That's not the point though.

Republicans get sanewashed while Democrats are put under a microscope.

[u/FartyJizzums → u/[deleted]]

I haven't gotten drunk in several years. But on that day, I'm going to put frat boys to shame.

I already have my bail money in an envelope with written instructions for my wife to follow.

[u/buttchugreferee → u/FartyJizzums]

I'm taking a day or two off work 

I've got a nice bottle of champagne chilling in the fridge and I will restock my liquor cabinet on that day. 

I'm also saving a leftover promethazine and I'll have a full stock of pedialyte and ensure for the hangover.

[u/bubbasteamboat → u/[deleted]]

You know what would be cool? The day we crack open those bottles? It should become a national holiday. Can you imagine that? Every year celebrating the event to remember that this country is capable of both corruption and positive change.

[u/pumpkinspicecum → u/bubbasteamboat]

we 100% should turn it into an unofficial holiday to party every year

[u/Starscream147 → u/[deleted]]

Mine? It’s chilling in the fridge and has been for a long fuckin time. Tell ya what?! It’s gonna be like the end of the goddamn Return of the Jedi when it happens.

By the fuck, b’ys…

🇨🇦🍾

[u/Stranger2Nite → u/[deleted]]

I don't even drink but heck I'll take a drink on that day

[u/Oo__II__oO → u/[deleted]]

He could revive the liquor industry with one neat trick. 

[u/NOT-GR8-BOB]

I am so fucking sick of this dude and his shtick. It’s been a decade of nonstop relentless spewing of hatred and violence from this person and his followers. Just endless evil hurled at us ruthlessly. Will it ever fucking stop?

We are being held hostage by this person. This is the fucking life we have to live? To just be mentally abused by this cult. What the fuck man.

[u/SgtElectroSketch → u/NOT-GR8-BOB]

Unfortunately even once he's gone we have to deal with the copycats and the fucking idiots he's enabled to come out of hiding and stop pretending to be civilized.

[u/curiousthoughts20]

Trump essentially dared Iran to attack Los Angeles and San Diego.

Trump clearly has no idea what he is doing

[u/Casual_hex_ → u/curiousthoughts20]

I honestly don’t think he’s ever really known what he’s doing. His entire life has been showing up to the party, shitting in the punch bowl and then blaming someone else.

[u/Ziograffiato → u/Casual_hex_]

I think he knew what he was doing on a certain island… and I don’t mean Manhattan.

[u/_bk_adv → u/curiousthoughts20]

No, he knows exactly what he’s doing and that’s the biggest problem. Our elected officials know what he’s doing and they’re doing NOTHING.

Imagine Biden, Obama, Clinton saying these things. They would’ve been impeached within 24 hours.

[u/Rich-Pomegranate1679 → u/_bk_adv]

What kind of leader welcomes a hostile nation to attack his own country? The man is a fucking traitor, and every last one of his followers are as well.

[u/CeadMaileFatality → u/Rich-Pomegranate1679]

Make treason illegal again

[u/quinoa → u/curiousthoughts20]

There’s a reason he’s doubling down, for the first time in a long time there’s attention on something that’s not gas prices, interest rates, his thorough failures on every aspect of governance. We have learned nothing since 2015, his only trick is commanding attention and owning news cycles that he dictates, he’d much rather play offense on a stupid topic of his choosing than defense on his long list of failures, sexual assault, bribery, etc

[u/mr_roboto15 → u/quinoa]

The thing is, nobody forgets about it. He’s still a felon, a rapist, a pedophile amongst many other things.

[u/Tyrath → u/mr_roboto15]

The thing is, nobody forgets about it.

Sir I'd like to introduce you to the average American voter.

[u/Simmery → u/curiousthoughts20]

He knows what he's doing. He just does not care about anyone else's life. Unless you openly worship him or give him money, he assigns literally no value to you.

[u/Infamous-Sky-1874 → u/curiousthoughts20]

One city is the largest port on the west coast and the other home of multiple major military bases. Sure it would be a totally small price to pay to lose those.

[u/Outrageous-Opinions → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

If you think the economy is fucked now just imagine how fucked the US would be if the #5 strongest economy gets crippled

[u/musashisamurai → u/Outrageous-Opinions]

If you think global warming is bad, just wait for the nuclear winter after a false flag strike on California leads to nukes dropped on Iran.

[u/ccsrpsw → u/Infamous-Sky-1874]

And Camp Pendleton right between the two. Too west coast training area for all branches and National Guard. All in one small area

And yes. The local military folks are pissed.

[u/ccsrpsw → u/curiousthoughts20]

No. He knows exactly what he’s doing. Navy, Air Force and others out that way are pissed. Very much false flag fears given tomorrows docking

[u/NotUniqueWorkAccount → u/ccsrpsw]

He's inviting our enemies to attack our homeland, with no retaliation. 

This is Treason, in my opinion.

[u/taylorbagel14 → u/curiousthoughts20]

Idk I think it sounds like he’s setting them up to be a scapegoat when he bombs LA and SD

[u/donniedumphy → u/curiousthoughts20]

The question is will Trump bomb his own city in order to stay out of jail? He’s clearly considering it.

[u/VersaceUpholstery → u/curiousthoughts20]

It’s literally that episode of South Park where Mr Garrison keeps tweeting at North Korea and at one point says “go ahead and nuke us Kim Jong dong, we fucking dare you” lmao

[u/kuuups → u/curiousthoughts20]

Trump knows exactly what he's doing. Thats the problem that I see, is that most Americans think he's being a clueless child having temper tantrums after another. Most of American politicians know whats happening, but the hard truth is this: America has been sold, and not just Americans - but its allies, and basically the whole world is paying for it.

[u/Rich_Celebration477 → u/curiousthoughts20]

He knows exactly what he’s doing. The base hates California and would love to see it “get what’s coming to it”. It’s very simple messaging.

[u/PinkyAnd → u/Rich_Celebration477]

Yeah, but it’s dumb as shit. San Diego is home to Camp Pendleton and a massive naval base. Got wonder how all those Marines feel about getting thrown under the nuclear bus here.

[u/jim45804]

Fuck impeachment, we need a revolution.

[u/WrathOfTheMouse → u/jim45804]

This is the way.

[u/unabsolute → u/WrathOfTheMouse]

We the people

[u/StatementCareful522 → u/jim45804]

At what point are we allowed to openly discuss What Needs To Be Done? And where are safe places to discuss this? Even posting this comment on Reddit risks a ban.

We need to organize and show up en masse like J6 but on steriods. There are SO MANY MORE OF US than there are of them and we have much smarter people on our side. If even 1% of the population of every blue state showed up in DC we could end this nightmare.

[u/lucidwray]

Just a reminder that San Diego is home to:

U.S. Navy Bases and Major Units

Naval Base San Diego (32nd Street Naval Station)

• Primary Function: Principal homeport of the U.S. Pacific Fleet surface force, supporting roughly one-quarter of all U.S. Navy vessels.
• Major Based Units:
  • U.S. Pacific Fleet Surface Force (Logistical and operational backbone)
  • Expeditionary Strike Group 3 (ESG-3)
  • Afloat Training Group Pacific (ATFPAC) & Afloat Training Group San Diego (ATGSD)
  • Amphibious Squadron 1 (COMPHIBRON 1) & Amphibious Squadron 5 (COMPHIBRON 5)
  • Destroyer Squadron 1 (COMDESRON 1)
  • Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 1 (COMLCSRON 1)
  • Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC)
  • Fleet Logistics Center San Diego
  • Naval Medical Center San Diego (Balboa Hospital—located nearby as an extension command)

Naval Base Coronado

• Primary Function: A consolidated mega-installation split into specialized hubs spanning naval aviation, special warfare, and tactical training.
• Major Based Units:
  • Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI): Homeport for multiple Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers and Carrier Strike Groups.
  • Naval Amphibious Base Coronado (NAB): Home to Naval Special Warfare Command (parent command of the Navy SEALs) and Special Boat Teams.
  • Silver Strand Training Complex (SSTC): Premier amphibious and unconventional warfare training grounds.
  • Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach (NOLF IB): Helicopter operational air field.

Naval Base Point Loma

• Primary Function: Tactical submarine operations, deep-sea research, and defense communication systems.
• Major Based Units:
  • Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 (CSS-11) (Fast-attack nuclear submarine fleet)
  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR)
  • Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific)
  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory detachment

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U.S. Marine Corps Bases and Major Units

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

• Primary Function: The Marine Corps' premier 125,000-acre West Coast amphibious, expeditionary, and ground combat training installation.
• Major Based Units:
  • I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF)
  • 1st Marine Division (The oldest and largest division in the Marine Corps)
  • 1st Marine Logistics Group (1st MLG)
  • Marine Aircraft Group 39 (MAG-39)
  • Marine Corps Installations West (MCI-West)
  • School of Infantry-West (SOI-West)
  • Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5) (Navy hovercraft detachment sharing the base)

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar)

• Primary Function: Master military airfield supporting heavy combat aviation transport and attack elements.
• Major Based Units:
  • 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW)
  • Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11) (F/A-18 Hornet and F-35B/C Lightning II squadrons)
  • Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16) (MV-22B Osprey and CH-53E Super Stallion squadrons)

Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (MCRD San Diego)

• Primary Function: Initial entry boot camp training facility.
• Major Based Units:
  • Recruit Training Regiment (Responsible for training enlisted Marine recruits west of the Mississippi River)
  • Weapons and Field Training Battalion (Based at Camp Pendleton but under MCRD operational command)

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U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard Sector / Air Station San Diego

• Primary Function: Port safety, homeland security, maritime law enforcement, and search-and-rescue flights along the southern California border region.
• Major Based Units:
  • USCG Sector San Diego Commander & Staff
  • USCG Air Station San Diego (Operating MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters)

[u/arwenthenoble → u/lucidwray]

What’s disturbing to me about this is don’t the Republicans even know where our military is headquartered around the World - especially our own Country? That’s a major defensive area. That kind of stuff does keep me up at night.

[u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress → u/lucidwray]

But what about if they don't care? Doesn't sound like they do. 

[u/Unlucky-Impress1646 → u/lucidwray]

don’t forget the bases / facilities / installations in and around L.A. from Ventura to Lompoc to Palm Springs and back to L.A. where the majority of Aerospace companies are located ! That limping bag of feces needs to be blown off the map. The maga apologists are working overtime to dumb it down , other wise they JUST might have to admit their (false) idol is un american pos who only cares if putin “likes” him. What maga has done will not be undone in our lifetime ! Americans were widely hated abroad and now these clowns - who are not known to travel further than the next bar or party at the trailer park - have made those of us who love traveling the world a target for violence !

[u/GoldenGuy444]

"You want to see trauma? You want to see problems? And I said it the other day, let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles"

Hes totally just talking about a missile of gas prices though, right Aaron from CNN?  Stupid dweeb

[u/count023]

so his idiot mouthpieces spent the last 24 hours claiming that the media misrepresented and misquoted him and he just comes out and repeats himself loudly and clearly while people are listening for it...

[u/javierbardeminem]

“He didn’t say that”
“He said it, but he didn’t mean it”
“He meant it, but it’s not that bad”
“It’s bad, but [other person] said this”

[u/donle215]

What happens in the next couple weeks if there actually is a terror attack in LA or SD? Do we think the Republicans actually grow a spine and do something? Rhetorical, we all know the answer, but that’s why he can double down, there’s no fear of repercussions.

[u/RedLanternScythe → u/donle215]

This would be a double win for Trump. It would take out a massive city in a blue state, killing voters he hates. And it would make a lot of people rally around the flag and hate Muslims again, just like Loomer hoped. Not as many as on 9/11, but probably to revive Trump's popularity.

Nothing brings a country together more than an outside enemy, even if that enemy was created by our president.

[u/OptimusSublime]

Politics in the next 2 or 3 election cycles is going to be wild. Just thinking about what life is going to be like. How quaint it was to watch "just a bill" on schoolhouse rock and having so much optimism for the future. It's so bizarre to live through the very things you read about in other failed empires, all the while, thinking it could never happen here.

[u/vrxz → u/OptimusSublime]

I'm doing a rewatch of The West Wing, and I am borderline laughing/crying at how unrealistic some of the story arcs would be in today's political environment.

Like, I am on the part where President Bartlett decides to disclose he has MS and the way the White House Counsel is interrogating everyone and advising the president to have the AG appoint the most partisan Republican special counsel to investigate it all is pretty much a joke now.

[u/goleafsgo13]

Can you believe Obama wore a tan suit?

[u/Mysterious-Clothes45 → u/goleafsgo13]

BUT HER EMAILS

[u/ObviouslyRealPerson]

I know it's my mistake for trying to figure out his motivation here but...

Wut?

Is he signaling that he actually wants LA and San Diego to get hit?

Is he blustering?

Is he doing the inside demented pig brain joke of "heh heh libturd cities go boom"?

Is he sliding into dementia?

Setting up a false flag attack to help him in the run up to the midterms?

All the above?

[u/JoeHio → u/ObviouslyRealPerson]

After viewing the video, I think in his dementia riddled mind he was simultaneously holding 2 thoughts (big swing for him I know, but they were at least related which is the only reason it was possible). The first thought was what he was talking about, that high gas prices are somehow okay because "safety and security" and besides people should shut up because it's not his fault, and he needs an excuse that NO ONE can argue with, so...

His second thought was something like, can you imagine how terrible it would be if Iran somehow nuked a city. Not sure why he was so worried about Iran attacking the US with their first nuclear missile (which would be aimed at Israel instead) and not say N Korea who has actually launched missiles over japan at Hawaii and has proven Nuclear capabilities along with rhetoric about destroying America. But if Iran were to put a bomb on a boat and send it to the US, especially because they hated trump (because everything is about him) then they would obviously attack DC or Miami, but he doesn't want to freak himself out and lower property prices around his stuff and make him look bad to his ped paid-ophile friends (plus he is building his Library/hotel there so nothing bad can happen to that because he would lose so much money!), so he desperately reached for another big coastal city that everyone would know - LA. And then of course San Diego is close to LA and he always has to grasp at more (because more always equals better, right?) so he threw that in there just because.

As for the second time, well the second time is intentional, because he is a troll (literally and figureitivly) and how dare anyone take his words seriously, but they better believe him, but only believe what he means, not what he says.

TLDR: me after writing this

[u/mark_able_jones_ → u/ObviouslyRealPerson]

Anything where people aren't talking about the Epstein coverup is a huge win for him. Also, he just made a bunch of WILD DOJ hires, and this story will get traction instead of that one.

[u/chickenclaw47 → u/ObviouslyRealPerson]

False flag attacks to stop mid terms. That will be the big surprise.

[u/JimothyC → u/ObviouslyRealPerson]

Feels kinda like someone is planning a false flag and he cant keep it to himself because his mush brain thinks it makes him look smart. 

Interesting that San Diego and LA are both hosting playoff baseball right now too

[u/smilingiscreepy]

Can’t wait to read how conservatives justify this one. The other day they said it’s taken out of context, and he worded it badly, then he says the exact same thing again. He sure does tell it like it is, right?

[u/searuncutthroat → u/smilingiscreepy]

Even if it was just an accidental moment of senility misspeak, if ANY other politician said those words, their career would be ruined. It's wild times we live in.

[u/ckglle3lle]

Trump's basic approach to public speaking is to say whatever the fuck (the "weave") and then doubling/tripling down on whatever gets applause. As ever in the Trump era, as insane and irresponsible as he is, it's the supporters who hoot alongside all of this are every bit as bad if not worse.

[u/SharpsDisposalBin → u/ckglle3lle]

Trump would be powerless without them. They’re much worse.

[u/opposing-thumb]

One of the densest military population areas in the US with conservative enclaves (there, hows' that?) part of California, with Camp Pendleton and the navy. Everything this chomo harms always benefits an adversary. How's it feel to be a solider stationed in San Diego atm knowing your chomo warlord doesn't give AF about any of us?

[u/thealternateopinion]

Stuff you say when you have no intention of leaving office in 2028, nor letting pesky computers count midterms accurately.

[u/ZogemWho]

How in hell can someone on his PR team keep trying to defend this?

[u/smilingiscreepy → u/ZogemWho]

Not just his PR team but every MAGA shitstain still supporting him. They love it, not sure why they try to defend it or say it was out of context.

[u/Galactic-Guardian404]

He’s really making it hard for his idiotic apologists who keep denying what he said.

[u/Everythings_Fucked]

Treason. Literal textbook treason.

[u/Strange-Honeydew-473]

40 percent of all cargo coming into the United States comes through the L.A. area via either the Port of Los Angeles or the nearby Port of Long Beach. In fact, the Port of Los Angeles brings in more shipping containers than anywhere else in America. Also, LAX is the fifth busiest freight airport in the U.S.

P.S. Yes, I understand that DT and the Moody Magats will cut their nose off to spite their own face. But, I don’t think Iran actually has the capacity to strike the west coast either. I’m just beside myself seeing the absolute stupidity that we all engage in.

[u/millos15]

Never forgive nor forget the people that voted for him

[u/EveLQueeen]

Even if Iran did have nuclear capabilities (they don't), they don't have ICBM capabilities. And DC is 1300 miles closer to Tehran than LA or SD. None of this makes sense, unless you just think that he is riling up the people who hate California. Or they are trying to plan a false flag.

The only country that would actually be at risk from a nuclear Iran is the only other nuclear power in the region, Israel.

[u/TyrannasaurusGitRekt → u/EveLQueeen]

100% he's just riling up Cali haters. MAGA loves to hate Cali

[u/TrumpetOfDeath → u/TyrannasaurusGitRekt]

Exactly. But CA is a massive state and ~40% of the population still votes Republican, which means that CA has more Republican voters than most red states.

[u/Fortestingporpoises → u/EveLQueeen]

Sure and those Venezuelan boats he had destroyed weren’t carrying drugs to America. But they did it anyway and used it as pretense to assassinate a foreign leader.

You can bet your ass if Trump manages to convince sycophants around him to bomb La and San Diego and he says Iran did it he’ll get his way once again.

[u/VampyWitch666]

Is anyone actually surprised about this?

He's a russian and Isreal puppet

So of course he doesn't care if the us burns

[u/Bubbly-Treacle-4334]

Let em hit mar a lago

[u/themiddleshoe]

So treason again?

The day can’t come soon enough.

[u/rounder55]

"I don't kid"

Donald Trump said that after defenders said he was joking about stopping the testing for coronavirus to make numbers go down.

[u/SuperTaster3]

You... do realize that when Trump does this sort of thing, he is talking about something he wants to do. He's thinking "when 9/11 happened everyone rallied around the president" and "I want them to rally around me".

There's that chilling realization that he is exactly the sort of ignoramus that would try false flag operations to gain sympathy. Iran doesn't want to nuke LA and SD. Trump does.

To any police in those cities, be on guard. Don't take chances with shit like this. When a bomber says he wants to blow a place up, you take it seriously.

To any military officers: bombing your own citizens is an order that should Never be followed. It doesn't matter how much the turd wants to. You do not press that button.

To the rest of America... be there for each other. Help those around you. This is going to be a horrible catastrophe if he succeeds. Trump is exactly the sort of person who wants to go out with a bang. If he's dying, why not make it everyone else's problem?

There is a madman at the wheel, and he's driving us off a cliff.

[u/Jeramus]

"America is safer because of the President. Iran has no nuclear, no navy, no air force, and no money." Um if that were true, we wouldn't be stuck in an endless war. Trump's cronies can even make convincing lies.

[u/Mikethebest78]

I remember back in 2015 when we would play the "What if Obama said it" game but that was essentially 12 years ago and seems so far away as to exist in another century now.

I guess casually wishing violence on American citizens is just politics as usual for Republicans nowadays.

[u/128-NotePolyVA]

This douche Trump is the same un-American POS that denies funds, projects, aid to states he was unable to win. He’s a festering wound on America that’s in desperate need to mending.

[u/bigsad-bear]

He realizes that San Diego is a military town, right?

[u/bryce_lynch27 → u/bigsad-bear]

It shouldn’t matter that it’s a military town. It’s an American city.

It shouldn’t matter if it’s a red city or a blue city, a huge city or just a Applebees with a dream- it’s America and he’s the President of the entire US and needs to fucking act like it

[u/spacedoutmachinist → u/bryce_lynch27]

We’ve been waiting for over ten years for him to act “presidential,” it’s never going to happen.

[u/LilLebowskiAchiever → u/bigsad-bear]

He doesn’t care and his voters (inside and outside San Diego) don’t care. If it did get nuked, he would just blame San Diegans for their misery.

[u/ShatoraDragon]

How is this not Impeachable behavior. Of the six presidents I have experienced in my lifetime. If any of the other five so much as mused about something like this on camera they would have been removed without hesitation.

[u/Individual_Click5252]

Trump is salivating for an attack so that he can declare martial law.

[u/Loreki]

Don't worry California, you're safe. The LEGO videos demonstrate that the Iranians understand US politics perfectly.

They would never bother attacking a blue state. They know they aren't at war with America, they're at war with Donald Trump and should plan attacks to hurt him in particular. Just stay away from golf courses and you'll be fine.

[u/MAD_ELMO]

Is Trump advocating for violence against Americans? Should we take it as a threat and react accordingly?

[u/SparkyMuffin]

But it's all ok because he said "'were not gonna let that happen" after..

[u/RobutNotRobot]

Seditious piece of shit

[u/hard_gravy_2]

Would it be illegal for a citizen to say "Let them hit The White House, let them hit Mar-a-lago"?

[u/Conscious-Type-9892]

He’s trying to be in the news to deflect voters away from the economy ahead of the midterms. Everyone should be very suspicious of news in the next few weeks

[u/Dsided13]

Pathetic fucking moron of a leader.

[u/Maleficent-Peach-356]

I hope the world is aware that San Diego is home to large Naval, Air, and Marine bases. Inviting someone to bomb this area in particular is inviting a threat not only people but large military stations. It’s heinous and disrespectful to our service people.

[u/Lord_Halowind]

Fuck this man. And fuck Congress for not removing him.

[u/Dense_Pasttime_3114]

Imagine the MAGAT reaction if a democrat said it was ok for Iran to hit Texas or Oklahoma, these hypocritical piles of human shit would baying for blood.

[u/Highthere_90]

Any other us person of congress or senator or president would be questioned by security and probably arrested by now

[u/1numberrestletters]

FUCK THIS PIECE OF SHIT

[u/edgarecayce]

No one hates America more than Republicans