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‘Locked and loaded’: Trump threatens intervention if Iran kills peaceful protesters

By Reuters 2 January 2026, 10:12 am
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US President Donald Trump smiles before he delivers remarks at a Nevada Republican volunteer recruiting event in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8, 2023 (MARIO TAMA / Getty Images via AFP)
US President Donald Trump smiles before he delivers remarks at a Nevada Republican volunteer recruiting event in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8, 2023 (MARIO TAMA / Getty Images via AFP)

US President Donald Trump says that if Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, the United States of America will come to their rescue.

“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” he says in a Truth Social post.

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