Trump retracts remarks about Iran bombing LA and San Diego
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AI summary
The account reports that Trump visited Texas for the third time in a month to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, and that protesters were removed during his nearly 2-hour speech in San Antonio. Trump claimed that if Democrat Tellerko were elected, he would open the border, turn Texas into a Third World (3) dumping ground, and undermine law enforcement. He also discussed foreign-policy issues, including remarks about missiles targeting San Diego and LA, and said he would protect cities and the country. The account explains that Tellerko has called for focusing ICE resources on violent criminals such as gang members and human traffickers, excluding families and long-term residents, and increasing Border Patrol staffing, while his past support for bail reform has drawn criticism. Although Trump had previously been lukewarm toward Paxton, this time he called him a fantastic man and offered his strongest endorsement. The account says the Senate race is close. Trump mocked Tellerko, saying he had disappeared for 2 weeks and was vomiting while eating meat for political reasons. His campaign explained that he had contracted the flu after shaking hands with tens of thousands of people at more than 100 events. The account adds that the meat-related attack was based on mistaken speculation, that getting sick during the October (month 10) election season is common, and that Trump himself was hospitalized at Walter Reed with COVID in October (month 10) 2020. All assessments of direction are the speaker's conditional judgments, not definitive predictions of short-term prices.