Trump clarifies missile comments
The conversation shifts to a clarification regarding previous remarks about missile attacks on Los Angeles or San Diego. Trump stated that allowing a missile to strike either city would result in negative outcomes, noting he said it the other day. He asserted his administration will prevent such events from occurring and claimed his administration protects cities. The full quote reads: "I said it the other day, let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles..if you want to see some bad things happen..we're not gonna let that happen..we protect our cities".
Transcript (en)
Oil, a little more, maybe more than a little, but a lot of people thought it would be three, four, five times that. When I went in, I thought it could be much higher than that. But we are paying less than under the Biden administration. He didn't do anything. He gave you the highest inflation in history. He didn't do anything. But you want to see trauma, you want to see problems, and I said it the other day, let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. Let them hit — you want to see a horror show? You want to see problems? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles, and you want to see some bad things happen. You want to see a country that would be in freefall. We're not going to let that happen. We protect our cities. We protect our country. We're not letting that happen. And they'd use it, too. They'd use it. They would use it.
