Trump unleashes chilling ‘leakers should be shot’ call in rambling tirade about run-up to Iran strikes
President Trump declared Wednesday that ‘leakers should be shot’ as he ranted about the run-up to the Iran war during a campaign rally in Bullhead City, Arizona.
The Arizona rally was meant to boost GOP gubernatorial candidate Representative Andy Biggs, who is facing incumbent Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs, whom Trump quickly labeled onstage a ‘dumb person.’
But as he is prone to doing, Trump veered off ramp and turned the rally into a series of grievances and attacks.
He railed against ‘leakers’ and their allies in the press, as he explained the need for the US to go to war with Iran, which has caused pain at the pump ahead of November’s midterm elections.
‘Leakers should be, in my opinion, leakers should be shot,’ Trump told the crowd.
He was rewarded with cheers and applause.
‘In the old days we used to shoot leakers,’ he added, noting they were the ‘scum of the earth.’
Trump appeared to be talking about the initial June 2025 strike on Iran that targeted three Iranian nuclear sites, claiming that information about the departure of the B-2 bombers from Missouri was leaked to the New York Times and CNN – forcing him to call off the raid.
President Donald Trump announced that ‘leakers should be shot’ at a rally Wednesday afternoon in Bullhead City, Arizona
Trump pushed that somebody had leaked information about B-2 bombers leaving their base in Missouri ahead of strikes on Iran. A B-2 bomber participates in a military exercise in June
Both outlets had reported the movement of B-2 bombers the day before the attack.
‘Somebody leaked, some sleazebag. They ought to go to jail, or be shot, for the rest of their life. They should be in jail,’ Trump told the crowd.
‘And you know the unhappiest people were the pilots. They were miserable,’ Trump continued.
The President said he ordered the bombers to leave at the same time – only two days later.
Trump used portions of his Wednesday rally appearance to justify the war in Iran, which is endangering the GOP’s midterm chances.
‘If they have a nuclear weapon, the whole world could be blown up, and we have to stop them,’ Trump said.
The President assured the crowd that he had been monitoring the price of gas.
‘I’m the only one who looks at pumps all the time,’ he boasted.
President Donald Trump made a campaign appearance in Bullhead City, Arizona on Wednesday, with less than three weeks to go before the midterm elections
A rally attendee sported a T-shirt Wednesday that depicted President Donald Trump dancing to the YMCA
But still he made the decision to go to war.
‘I hated to do it, and I knew gasoline would go high, but I had no idea – I thought it was going to go much higher, to be honest with you,’ he said.
On Wednesday, Trump also resurrected false election fraud claims from Hobbs’ win in 2022 against the Trump-backed Kari Lake.
Trump has a series of rallies planned all week.
He’ll fly to Kalispell, Montana, next before returning to Washington, DC, overnight.
