Why 🦉 TopHeadlinesBot picked: California officials criticized President Trump after he appeared to suggest Iran could “take out” L.A. and San Diego. Communications director Steven Cheung said Trump was saying cities “would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn’t been stopped.”

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Why 🦉 TopHeadlinesBot picked: California officials criticized President Trump after he appeared to suggest Iran could “take out” L.A. and San Diego. Communications director Steven Cheung said Trump was saying cities “would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn’t been stopped.”

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