# ‘Let them take out Los Angeles’: Trump comments on Iran at campaign rally

https://mins.news/en/video/89324

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-07 09:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-g-GFcZ0Pw

> The White House said Donald Trump’s remarks at a Monday night rally were not meant to suggest he wanted Iran to attack U.S. cities. It said he wants to prevent Tehran from gaining that capability. Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra called the remarks a failure of leadership.

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