17.5% of the audience believes that President Trump was calling for an attack on Los Angeles and San Diego.
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The Kuhner ReportOct 7, 2026
The 17.5% figure is a live online vote tally read on the claimant's own radio show, and no source reports it, so it cannot be checked. The sources do show the remarks were widely disputed and that the White House said Trump was not calling for attacks, but none measures how the audience read them.
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What was said
… Cities. So, what do you think he meant? A: Iran should attack LA and San Diego. B: That he fought the war to prevent them from using nukes, and so he could protect U.S. Cities like LA and San Diego. A: Attack. B: Protect. Uhm, right now, it is 17.5% of the audience believes that Trump was calling for an attack on LA and San Diego. 82.5% say protect. So, almost one fifth of the audience so far thinks that, no, he wants Iran to nuke these two cities. Interesting. Uh, I'd love for you to call in. I want to hear from you. I want to hear from all of you. …
The Kuhner Report · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The 17.5% figure comes from an in-show vote (webpage and X poll) that the Kuhner Report read aloud as a snapshot ('right now'). No independent source reports this tally or any audience poll on how the remarks were read.
Context. The White House said Trump was not calling for attacks on US cities but was explaining how he is preventing them, a reading AP and BBC report. This addresses what Trump meant, not what share of the audience believed it.[1][3]
Context. Coverage of the remarks (Politico-style reporting, LA Times, El Pais, FactCheck.org) describes the backlash and the competing readings but gives no audience-belief percentage.[2][4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 2 not rated
- 1Trump did not call for attacks on US cities but explained ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Iran Archives - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3White House defends Trump comment to let Iran 'take out' ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 4The electoral cost of Trump's remarks that Iran could 'take ...english.elpais.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Trump loves to bash California to rally the base. 'Let ’em take out' L.A. is just the latestlatimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
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