Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
95/100
Los Angeles Times's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
31
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Trump says he won’t let Iran strike L.A. or San Diego: ‘Not going to let that happen’
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that → say → L.A.
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- California leaders had interpreted Trump as potentially inviting Iran to ‘take out’ the California cities.
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leaders → click → cities
Trump’s decision to return to the subject capped two days during which the White House had been on the defensive.
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House → return → defensive
President Trump told a crowd in Texas on Wednesday night that he would not allow Iran to attack San Diego or Los Angeles, a comment that came two days after he made off-the-cuff remarks suggesting the West Coast cities could be struck.
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cities → tell → remarks
“You want to see a horror show?
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You → want → show
You want to see problems?
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You → want → problems
Let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles,” Trump said at a rally.
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Trump → let → rally
He then assured the crowd: “We are not going to let that happen.
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that → assure → crowd
We protect our cities.
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We → protect → cities
We protect our country.”
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We → protect → country
The San Antonio crowd cheered the remarks.
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crowd → cheer → remarks
Trump’s decision to return to the subject capped two days in which the White House had been on the defensive, and it appeared aimed at tamping down the fallout from remarks he made Monday night that quickly spread online.
Speaking to a crowd in Nebraska, Trump had said: “They can take out a city, let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego.
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them → return → Diego
This is a very small price to pay.”
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This → pay → ?
The comments drew swift condemnation from California leaders, even as the White House communications director, Steven Cheung, insisted the president’s remarks had been taken out of context.
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remarks → draw → context
“The media freakout over President Trump’s comments is not rooted in reality,” Cheung wrote Tuesday.
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Cheung → root → reality
“He was clearly stating U.S. cities would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn’t been stopped.
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Iran → state → ?
Iran has no nuclear, no navy, no air force, and no money.
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Iran → have → nuclear
But the remarks were enough to rattle many in California and drew backlash from the state’s leaders, including Republican Jim Desmond, a Navy veteran running in a highly competitive U.S. House race.
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remarks → rattle → race
“I vehemently disagree with President Trump’s comments,” Desmond wrote on social media.
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Desmond → disagree → media
“America must stand up to Iran and defend our interests, but the first responsibility of our Commander in Chief is to protect the American people and our homeland.”
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responsibility → stand → people
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday opened the state emergency operations center to assess potential threats following Trump’s remarks.
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Newsom → open → remarks
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also condemned the president for potentially compromising the safety of their cities.
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Gloria → condemn → cities
“San Diego is not collateral damage,” Gloria posted on social media.
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Gloria → post → media
And we are never a ‘small price to pay.’
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we → pay → ?
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