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Trump denies suggesting Iran should bomb US cities
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- Trump said media outlets misrepresented his remarks about the possibility of Iranian attacks on Los Angeles and San Diego.
- He argued that temporarily higher gasoline prices were a small price to pay to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
- In an Oct. 8 Truth Social post, he accused news outlets of portraying his comments as an invitation for Iran to attack the two cities.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday denied suggesting that Iran should bomb San Diego and Los Angeles, saying he had invoked the possibility of attacks on the two cities to argue that Americans should accept temporarily higher gasoline prices to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
In a post on his Truth Social platform dated Oct. 8, Trump accused news outlets of misrepresenting his remarks, saying he had compared the short-term cost of higher fuel prices with the potential consequences of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon and bombing major US cities.
"All I was doing was making a comparison between paying a little more, for a short time, for Gasoline, versus the bombing of our Major Cities," Trump wrote.
He accused what he called "Fake News" outlets of falsely portraying his comments as an invitation for Iran to attack the two California cities, adding that he loved both cities.
Trump's initial remarks, made at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, on Oct. 5, drew criticism from California officials and some Republicans. California Governor Gavin Newsom called the comments "deranged and dangerous," while Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Trump's remarks could potentially compromise the city's safety.
