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. They can take out a city. Let them take, let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That’s, this is a very small price to pay, and it’s gonna be over very soon. It’s essentially almost over with.

One example of the “he’s trying to kill us all” rhetoric:

With this in mind, I’m taking the liberty of rewriting Trump’s comments, because he definitely could have been more clear. I’ve put words of my own in square brackets in an attempt at more clarity, creating, I believe, a common sense interpretation of what he was trying to say:

And again, remember with the war, its [higher gas prices] just artificial [artificially high because of this war, not a permanent condition]. It’s [gas prices] a little bit high. It’s [temporary higher prices] a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They [Iran] can [will be capable of ] take [ing] out a city [if we allow them to develop nuclear weapons]. Let them [Iran] take, let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego [and see if people still feel that some temporary higher gas prices are too high a price to pay to make sure Iran never gets a nuke]. That’s, this [higher gas prices] is a very small price to pay [to save our major cities from the threat of nuclear war], and it’s gonna be over very soon [the war and higher gas prices]. It’s essentially almost over with.

This isn’t a direct quote from Trump, and I very much don’t think it’s a correct paraphrase. Trump has repeatedly argued that the consequences of the war, like higher gas prices, are a small price to pay compared to what an unchecked Iran could allegedly do. Last night, in especially rambling and incomplete fashion, he 1) claimed high prices are temporary and suggested they’re “artificial”; 2) contrasted that to the damage of Iran supposedly taking out a city; 3) and then, in especially confusing style, repeated his old point that “this,” as in the consequences of the war, is a small price to pay to avoid something like a a city being wiped out.

It’s Trump’s fault you kinda have to be steeped in TrumpRallySpeak to know what he was saying last night, and of course you can say it’s inappropriate regardless for the president to casually float the possibility of a city being wiped out, but the context exists and is important.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 6, 2026

There have been so many hoaxes attempting to falsely paint our president as some sort of unhinged dictator and they’ve all been thoroughly debunked.  When are people going to stop falling for it?

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