82.5% of the audience believes that President Trump was defending the war to protect U.S. cities.
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The Kuhner ReportOct 7, 2026
The 82.5% figure comes only from an informal, self-selected online vote run on The Kuhner Report's webpage and X, and no source reports or verifies those poll numbers. Sources do discuss how Trump's remarks should be read (FactCheck.org and the White House say he meant the war protects U.S.
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… 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 Kuhner Report's site and social posts advertise audience polls, but the sources contain no tally or report of the vote that produced the 82.5% figure.[2]
Context. FactCheck.org says the 'take out' remarks should not be read as a call for attack, which addresses how Trump's comments should be interpreted rather than what the audience believed.[1]
Context. White House communications director Steven Cheung said Trump was 'clearly stating U.S. cities would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn't been stopped,' a statement of the administration's position, not an audience poll.[3]
Context. The claim is taken from the post's own poll line ('82.5% say protect'), which is the claimant's report of an online vote and cannot corroborate itself; the claim's wording ('believes that President Trump was defending the war') matches that reading.
Sources
3 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 not rated
- 1Iran Archives - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2The Kuhner Report - WRKO-AM 680wrko.iheart.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 3Trump suggests Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San ...abcnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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