Trump’s Iran Remarks Stir Controversy Over Los Angeles and San Diego

Donald Trump’s remarks about Iran have sparked a dispute involving Los Angeles and San Diego, with Gavin Newsom condemning the comments as “unhinged.”

Newsom’s criticism drew a sharply different interpretation from the White House, which defended Trump’s remarks as a warning about a potential nuclear threat.

The White House said Trump was highlighting the risks Iran could pose if it acquired a nuclear weapon, rather than describing an existing nuclear capability.

The exchange centres on how Trump framed that hypothetical danger, with Newsom attacking his language and the White House stressing the security concerns behind it.