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Public disputes concerning political parties, public officials, institutions, political conduct, and governance in the United States.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
1 statement on this page. Dates: October 5, 2026
1 matching statement. Dates: October 5, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: May 7, 2026 to October 5, 2026
Role at the time: San Diego County supervisor and Republican candidate for U.S. House in California's 48th District
Response to this claim
Trump accepts attacks on Los Angeles and San Diego as a cost of the Iran war: "if it means attacks on two major American cities in the process, he is not troubled by the cost."
“As a Navy veteran, I served to protect Americans, not write off American cities as an acceptable price of war.”
Post on the X account of Jim Desmond's congressional campaign. Desmond, a San Diego County supervisor, is the Republican candidate in California's 48th District.
The reference point is whether Trump's remark meant Iranian attacks on Los Angeles and San Diego would be an acceptable price for the war, as critics read it, rather than that the war prevents a nuclear Iran from being able to attack them, as the White House says. Desmond reads the remark as writing off American cities as an acceptable price of war and says he vehemently disagrees, which asserts and condemns the critics' reading. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, because he also says America must stand up to Iran; but that is support for the war's aims, not a defense of the remark. Evidence: Desmond's own campaign post on X.
