Politiek · California remarksTrump promises to protect LA and San Diego after Iran remarks trigger threat monitoringGeschreven 8 oktober 2026 om 19:08 UTCKijkenTranscript0:09Trump now promises to protect the cities he named in his disputed Iran remarks.0:14Los Angeles and San Diego together have more than 5 million residents.0:17His earlier language prompted California to order precautionary threat monitoring0:21and drew objections from a Republican candidate he endorsed.0:25What has actually changed, the president's assurance, California's security0:28response, or the evidence of a threat?0:31Trump has explicitly said the United States will protect both cities.0:35That assurance does not retract his earlier words, announce a new defense measure,0:39or establish that California has ended its monitoring.0:42Trump named the cities on October 5th.0:44Governor Gavin Newsom ordered monitoring on October 6th.0:48Trump delivered his protective assurance on October 7th, not October 8th.0:52The later date marks its publication, not the Texas speech.0:56The reassurance came at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio during a rally for1:00Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton.1:03Trump again invoked the hypothetical danger of a missile hitting San Diego or Los1:07Angeles.1:08then said he would prevent it.1:10We're not gonna let that happen.1:12We protect our cities, we protect our country.1:15Those words add an explicit commitment to protection.1:18They do not settle what Trump privately intended in the earlier passage.1:21The earlier passage moved from higher wartime costs to a city being destroyed, then1:26repeated the language of a small price.1:28That sequences why the dispute cannot be explained by quoting only the city names or1:32only the economic argument.1:33Trump spoke at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center at Fauner Park in Grand Island on1:37October 5.1:38The speech lasted nearly an hour and a half.1:40His scheduled start was 6 p.m.1:42Central.1:42The disputed sentence's exact clock time is unverified.1:46Trump was discussing the Iran war, economic costs, and preventing Iran from1:50obtaining a nuclear weapon.1:51He described costs as a little bit high, then said, it's a small price to pay for1:56keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe.1:59He then changed the subject of the sentence to a city.2:01They can take out a city.2:03The city references followed immediately, with verbal restarts, before he again2:07described a very small price.2:09He said, Let them take let them take out Los Angeles.2:12Let them take out San Diego.2:14That's this is a very small price to pay.2:16The wording names both cities.2:18It does not establish a concrete policy to allow an attack.2:21Shorter versions substitute him for them and omit the restarts.2:25Neither changes which cities he named.2:27Some attendees clapped and cheered, including at the city references.2:31That response does not establish the views of everyone at the rally.2:34Trump wanted a tremendous victory to verify what the United States had done.2:38He called the conflict essentially almost over with and predicted an end very soon,2:42one way or the other.2:43Those were assertions and predictions, not established outcomes.2:46He also allowed that Iran might continue longer because of its big threshold for2:49pain.2:50He subsequently linked the war's end to gas and gasoline prices and mentioned2:54Venezuelan oil.2:55None of that establishes that the conflict ended.2:58The White House's defense was a counterfactual.3:00Trump meant the danger a nuclear-armed Iran would have posed, not an endorsement of3:05attacks.3:05Communications director Stephen Chung rejected the criticism.3:09His name is Stephen Chung, not Stephen Chung.3:12The administration also characterized the passage as separate thoughts, but the3:15actual sequence remains.3:17Economic cost language, city references, repeated price language.3:21The sequence explains the competing interpretations.3:23It cannot conclusively establish private intent.3:26Chung also asserted that Iran had no nuclear, no navy, no air force, and no money.3:31Those sweeping claims are not independently established here.3:34Trump initially gave no clarification when questioned twice the following day,3:38leaving the White House and returning from Baltimore.3:40No operational Iranian nuclear weapon or verified intercontinental ballistic missile3:45capable of reaching the U.S.3:46mainland is established.3:48Earlier defense assessments described Iran as lacking a direct mainland missile3:52capability, but their officials and dates were unspecified.3:55That does not prove every attack impossible.3:58The president's language was not an established intelligence disclosure.4:02A hypothetical nuclear danger is not proof of an operational weapon.4:06A confirmed launch capability or an imminent attack.4:09Newsom directed the State Threat Assessment Center to monitor possible threats on4:13October 6th.4:14His concern was that foreign actors might interpret Trump's language as an4:18invitation.4:19The directive identified no specific Iranian plot or attack.4:22California's alert system was also elevated, but no technical alert level, duration,4:27or termination is established, nor is a subsequent assessment finding.4:31Ordering monitoring does not mean a credible attack has been discovered, or that4:35monitoring has found nothing.4:36Newsom called Trump deranged and dangerous, then described the remarks as dangerous,4:42if not treasonous.4:43These were political denunciations, not a medical diagnosis or a legal finding of4:48treason.4:49His descriptions of occupation and an invitation to attack were also4:52characterizations.4:53Newsome demanded that Congress stand up and later called for the Twenty-Fifth4:57Amendment.4:57Those demands matter politically, but they do not themselves transfer presidential5:01powers.5:02Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the remarks could compromise her city's safety and5:06rejected treating residents as expendable.5:08San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said his city was not collateral damage, not expendable,5:13and never a small price to pay.5:15Bass cited approximately 3.8 million Los Angeles residents and an earlier deployment5:20of 4,000 National Guard troops and Marines.5:23The troop figure was the deployment she invoked in criticism, not a new order or5:27verified current force strength.5:29The two cities have 5,275,195 residents combined, not more than5:3510 million.5:36The July 1st, 2025 estimates put Los Angeles City at5:393,869,089 and San Diego City at5:431,406,106.5:46Newsom's press office used the wrong combined city figure.5:49Those city estimates were released May 14, 2026, and support Bass's approximate Los5:54Angeles figure.5:55Cities and counties are different geographies.5:57Switching between them more than doubles the combined population.6:01Democratic gubernatorial nominee Xavier Becerra cited approximately 13 million6:06residents in the two counties.6:07That description is consistent with the county estimates.6:10Los Angeles County had 9,694,934 residents and San Diego County 36:16penthouse million 22048, totaling 12,977,182.6:22The county estimates were released March 26, 2026.6:26A separate fiscal 2025 estimate released in December 2025 puts San Diego County at 36:31tolerant 336,081.6:34That is a different estimation series.6:36Not additional residents to add.6:38Neither series validates more than 10 million in the two cities.6:41Naval Base San Diego is a principal homeport for Pacific Fleet surface ships and a6:46hub of Navy Region Southwest port operations.6:49It is not Pacific Fleet headquarters.6:51That headquarters is at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in Hawaii.6:55Navy Region Southwest's headquarters at San Diego's Broadway complex is a different6:59command.7:00San Diego is a major naval hub.7:02Calling it the fleet's headquarters conflates home port and command headquarters.7:06Trump endorsed Republican candidate Jim Desmond said he vehemently disagreed with7:10the comments.7:11No American city is expendable, and no American family should ever be treated as7:16collateral damage.7:17He said protecting Americans and the homeland was the president's first7:20responsibility.7:21Desmond's Democratic opponent, San Diego City Councilmember Marnie Von Wilpert,7:26called the comments appalling and terrifying and an impeachable offense.7:30Her name is Marnie, not Marnie.7:32They face each other in California's 48th congressional district.7:35Both advanced from the June 2 top 2 primary.7:38The district covers inland San Diego and Riverside counties.7:41Darrell Issa did not seek re-election after the Proposition 50 redraw.7:45Desmond's statement establishes Republican dissent, not the views of every7:48Republican.7:50Senator Cory Booker criticized Republican silence.7:53An earlier absence of public responses does not establish that other Republicans7:57endorsed the remarks or stayed silent indefinitely.8:00Senator Alex Padilla called for the 25th Amendment.8:02That was advocacy, not an invocation.8:05Von Wilpert's 45%.8:07Desmond's 42%, and the 13% undecided were measured before the remarks.8:12The likely voter poll ran August 27 through September 1st.8:15and was published September 4th.8:17It cannot demonstrate a reaction to the October 5 speech.8:20A secondary compilation gives a sample of 522.8:23The reported credibility interval was approximately 5 percentage points larger than8:28the three-point lead.8:29That lead does not establish a decisive advantage.8:32The race was rated lean Democratic with a move from toss-up described as months8:36earlier, but the exact dated change is not independently established.8:40Other assessments were lean Democratic and TILT Democratic.8:44These are judgments, not election results or measured speech effects.8:47Trump's 32% approval and 65% disapproval were measured among 4,506 adults8:53from September 30th through October 5th.8:56Approval was unchanged from September's career low reading.8:59Field work ended on the rally date, so this was not a post-remarks measurement.9:03A separately reported registered voter subset had 36% approval and 64% disapproval.9:09Those denominators are not interchangeable.9:12With the midterms about four weeks away, No verified post remarks poll establishes9:17that the comments changed voting intentions.9:20No Section 4 declaration or impeachment proceeding over these remarks is established9:24as of October 8th.9:25A governor's demand, a senator's post, or a candidate's accusation is not the9:29constitutional action needed to begin a transfer of powers.9:32Section 4 requires the Vice President and a majority of the principal executive9:36department officers to send a written declaration of presidential inability to the9:40Senate President pro tempore and House Speaker.9:42The Vice President then immediately assumes Presidential powers as acting President.9:46The amendment also permits another body created by Congress, but Congress has not9:51created one.9:52Section 4 concerns inability and transfers powers.9:55It does not remove the President from office.9:57If the President declares no inability, the Vice President and required majority10:01have four days to counter it.10:03Congress then decides assembling within 48 hours, if not in session, with a 21-day10:08decision period.10:09That period runs from receipt of the subsequent declaration or the required assembly10:14date.10:15Continuing the acting president's exercise of powers requires two-thirds of both10:18houses, otherwise, the president resumes those powers.10:21Impeachment is separate.10:23The house can impeach by majority vote.10:25Senate conviction and removal require two-thirds of senators present.10:29Political condemnation is not a finding of inability, a completed impeachment, or a10:33transfer of presidential powers.10:35The change is an explicit protective assurance following precautionary monitoring10:39and bipartisan objections, not an established attack or new defense measure.10:44Whether monitoring uncovered an actionable threat or will be stood down remains10:47unresolved.10:48No electoral effect caused by the remarks is established.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDexDe korte video ↗Wie meldde watPunten die meer dan één medium meldde✓Trump’s remarks naming Los Angeles and San DiegoOnafhankelijk bevestigd · 11 mediaWhite House request for Iran strike options before midterms6 media✓White House explanation of Trump’s remarksOnafhankelijk bevestigd · 5 mediaBrent crude price4 mediaAttacks and traffic disruption around the Strait of Hormuz4 media✓Jim Desmond’s response to Trump’s remarksOnafhankelijk bevestigd · 4 mediaTrump described the cost of the conflict4 mediaWhether strike options would be used remained undecided4 media✓Newsom called Trump’s remarks deranged and dangerousOnafhankelijk bevestigd · 4 mediaStatus and expected duration of the Iran conflict3 mediaTrump’s approval rating3 mediaNewsom called Trump’s remarks dangerous or treasonous3 mediaKaren Bass’s response to Trump’s remarks3 mediaNewsom directed California threat monitoring2 mediaPentagon order to prepare for renewed Iran combat2 mediaReported casualties in regional attacks2 mediaIran’s ability to threaten the US mainland2 mediaCENTCOM’s role in drafting strike options2 mediaAssessment of strike likelihood before and after midterms2 mediaPossible timing of renewed combat operations2 mediaTrump declined to clarify his remarks2 mediaMarnie von Wilpert’s response to Trump’s remarks2 mediaBipartisan pushback against Trump’s remarks2 mediaWhite House statement on available options2 mediaElke regel is de bewering zoals wij die uit het bericht van dat medium hebben vastgelegd. 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