US President Donald Trump says people who kept weapons that the US sent to arm protesters in Iran will “pay a big price” for doing so, in comments that appear to be aimed at Kurdish separatists.
Speaking to reporters at the White House Easter egg roll, Trump claims the Iranian people want the US-Israeli bombing campaign to continue. He insists that the only reason they are not protesting is because of an “edict” from the Islamic Republic warning that those who demonstrate against it will be shot in the streets.
Those who want to protest against the regime do not have any weapons and are therefore completely outmatched, Trump says.
“We sent guns, they were supposed to go to the people… You know what happened? The people that [we] sent them to kept them,” he says, without specifically calling out the Kurds by name as he did on Sunday in an interview with Fox News.
“They said, ‘What a beautiful gun. I think I’ll keep it,'” Trump claims. “So I’m very upset with a certain group of people, and they’re going to pay a big price for that.”
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