A reporter presses US President Donald Trump on his threat to bomb Iranian civilian infrastructure during a press conference on the weekend operation to rescue two American airmen shot down in Iran.
Trump insists the Iranian people would be okay with such strikes. “They would be willing to suffer that in order to have freedom.”
He says they are urging the US to “please keep bombing.”
Asked what his reaction would be if Iranians were to return to the streets, Trump acknowledges that doing so could well be a death sentence.
“They should do it. But the consequences are great. They were told, ‘If you protest, you will be shot immediately,” Trump says during his press conference.
He said earlier that Iranians live in a “violent, horrible world,” where “if you protest, you get shot.”
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