The White House has defended President Donald Trump following widespread backlash over a campaign rally where he suggested Iran could "take out" California cities, insisting the remarks were meant to emphasize the need to block Tehran's capabilities rather than invite an attack.
The clarification followed intense public pushback from local and state leaders. Among them, Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra strongly condemned the rhetoric, declaring that using major American population centers as hypothetical talking points "is not leadership."
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