Faye and David 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @sixfamily.bsky.social · 07/10/20264/10 Immediately before those remarks, Trump was discussing the economic costs of the war with Iran and arguing that those costs were "a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe." 100
Faye and David 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @sixfamily.bsky.social · 07/10/20265/10 The key question is this: What was the "small price to pay"? The surrounding context suggests he was referring to economic disruption, higher costs, and the burdens associated with the conflict. 110
Faye and David 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @sixfamily.bsky.social · 07/10/20266/10 A reasonable reading is that Los Angeles and San Diego were being used as examples of American cities that could be threatened by a hostile adversary. Not cities he was advocating should actually be destroyed. That distinction matters. 100
