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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  • spring_cedar_dust@reddthat.com
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    4 days ago

    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.