U.S. President Donald Trump seemingly discussed the idea of foreign powers taking out California’s most populated cities while delivering a speech at a Republican rally at the Pinnacle Bank Expo in Grand Island, Nebraska Monday evening.

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    “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 could take out a city. Let ‘em take out Los Angeles. Let ‘em take out San Diego,” Trump said, drawing cheers from the crowd. “This is a very small price to pay and it’s going to be over very soon. It’s essentially almost over with.”

    Every time I think my faith in humanity couldn’t be shaken further, I find ways to be surprised.

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    Ah yes, “let them take out Los Angeles,” a city that would rank as the 19th highest GDP if it was its own country. A city that alone contributes 4+% of the USA’s economic output. Great strategy, Commander in Soiled Briefs.

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      Not to mention the absolute importance of Hollywood for the US status as the cultural hegemon of the West. Without US-centric entertainment, that status would never have materialized. In terms of propaganda power, there is no comparable place, not even NY comes close.

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      I’ve seen far more Talarico signs than Paxton signs around here, so I feel like there are more productive cities to threaten. That being said, there are still far too many Paxton signs, so I get it.

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    Now imagine if a Dem president said this about a red area. Instant impeachment…

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    This idiot doesn’t know where Iran is. He doesn’t know the world is round. He doesn’t know Mar-a-Lago is closer than California to Iran. It is literally easier to target him than it is LA.

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      Roughly 8000 miles from Tehran to LA. Roughly 7000 miles from Tehran to Orlando.

      I will give the “however” of a missile to LA would pass over Russia, the North Pole, and middle of nowhere Canada. While a missile to Orlando would go over Europe and the Eastern seaboard. There might be an argument it is more likely that a missile completes the first journey due to flying over uncontested space.

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    TRAITOR

    I mean, is this how treason works historically? It’s only widely accepted after the fact? Like, when you’re in it and actively experiencing it most people don’t acknowledge it?

    That can’t be it. People have been executed for treason. Why the fuck are we so bad at this?

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    Isn’t it illegal to incite violence against the citizens of the USA? Especially by the “potus”? In the normal run-by-the-US Constitution world, wouldn’t that be considered treason?

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      Isn’t it illegal

      So is 34 counts of falsifying business records. Not sure why people bring up legality during a Fascist government.

      You think people where saying "Franco shot my kids… that’s illegal!”?

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      The play pretend has ended for a while, but only now it’s reached critical mass in how many people are ignoring the rules and laws.

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    To paraphrase something I saw online: it’s not that he encouraged Iran to bomb California but Trump could bomb California and blame Iran for it.

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      Everything is projection, he posited many times that Obama would bomb Iran just in time to rile up war hawk votes. They’ve literally written down their entire fascist plan and people keep treating it all as separate fuckup news stories

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    this is the president sworn to defend usa soil? impeachment required and jail asking for murder and genocide of the united states citizens out in the open. holy kuf the epstein class is so delusional. besides east coast closer than west coast.

    and the people that clap for the murder/genocide of millions of americans by the president in this case. what are these people. after the impeachment definitely need to investigate and jail all of these people actually not even people murders to be or already murders.

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      DC really is a place without a culture. It’s the playground for the influential.

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            Because of his direct intervention along the upper elements, if it was easy for him to do it’ll be easy to purge. If it’s not murder is always an option.

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                While I’d agree with someone with any other title it’s a hell of a lot harder to counter the president especially with groups based in DC since there’s no state level institutions to work as a buffer. Also just shooting the president is quite hard so the violent counter barely exists.

                Also he fired a lot of higher ups outright, the Smithsonian was hit particularly hard by Musk and his fuckboys. Even still a lot of the Smithsonian especially the elements based outside of DC are resisting as best as they can, sorta similar to park services. The problem is it’s scattered and not talked about.