President During Rally Says “Leakers Should Be Shot”

President Donald Trump said the penalty for government sources who reveal key military plans to the media should be death.

“In my opinion, leakers should be shot,” the president said during a Wednesday rally in Bullhead City, Arizona. “In the old days, we used to shoot leakers, you know?”

A large chunk of the crowd cheered approvingly.

The president shared his stern take after saying he hated how a “sleazebag” leaker had told The New York Times and CNN about a planned strike against Iran in 2025. Trump said the source revealed the military was ready to send “totally stealth” B-2 bombers to pummel Iranian nuclear facilities, including details about the planes leaving from Missouri and what time they would launch.

He said he talked to General Dan “Razin” Caine about aborting the mission, but ultimately decided to go forward with Operation Midnight Hammer as planned. Still, that didn’t change his opinion that the leaker should be “shot” for dishing secret details.

“When they leak what time you’re going to attack a country — and the reason you’re attacking is really for defense, because you don’t want them to have a weapon that can blow up millions of people at one shot — No, leakers should be dealt with very, very strongly,” Trump continued. “To me, they’re the scum of the earth.”

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Trump: "Leakers should be — in my opinion, leakers should be shot. They should be shot." pic.twitter.com/lqNK175RNF

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"In my opinion, leakers should be shot," President Trump said Wednesday during a rally in Arizona, as he discussed a leak involving the timing of a planned U.S. military attack on Iran.

"In the old days, we used to shoot leakers," Trump said. “Leakers should be dealt with very,… pic.twitter.com/pckILBGDuP

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President Donald Trump brought a blunt warning to Arizona voters Wednesday, declaring Democrats would “destroy our country” as he blasted their State of the Union conduct and urged supporters to turn the state red from top to bottom.

With Election Day less than three weeks away, Trump rallied behind Rep. Andy Biggs, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, and a slate of GOP candidates during a campaign stop in Bullhead City, taking aim at Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs and calling for a victory in honor of Charlie Kirk.

“On election night, Arizona is going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it,” Trump said. “America belongs to those who love, love, love, love — love it.”

Biggs joined Trump onstage and pointed back to the president’s February State of the Union address to Congress, accusing Democrats of refusing to stand when Trump challenged lawmakers about their commitment to Americans.

“Vote Republican top to bottom,” Biggs told the crowd. “Let’s turn Arizona red.”

Trump seized on the criticism, shifting to lawmakers’ reactions to a veteran honored during the speech.

“Not one Democrat smiled or clapped,” Trump said. “And that’s when I looked at them, and I said, ‘You people are crazy.’

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