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Trump Now Says Iranians Face 'Big Hurdle'
Trump Now Says Iranians Face ‘Big Hurdle’
March 13, 2026 at 4:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2026/03/13/trump-now-says-iranians-face-big-hurdle/
President Trump on Friday tempered his call for Iranians to rise up against their rulers, acknowledging that they would be gunned down for trying, the New York Times reports.
Trump said there are government forces in Iran that “go around with machine guns. And they say, ‘Anybody protests, we’re going to kill you in the street!’”
He added: “So I really think that’s a big hurdle to climb for people that don’t have weapons.”
Applegrove: I googled gun ownership in Iran at the very start of the Iran War and could have told that to Trump on day one.
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