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turbinetree

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Tue May 5, 2026, 12:10 PM 18 hrs ago

Trump pitches war to child: 'You might be too young for this'

By Alexander Willis
Published May 5, 2026 11:52 AM ET

President Donald Trump was joined by several children in the Oval Office Tuesday to celebrate his signing of a proclamation to restore the Presidential Fitness Test award, during which he deviated from the topic of youth sports to discuss his wildly unpopular war against Iran, turning to one of the children as he made his case for the conflict.

After championing his revival of the competitive school-based fitness program, Trump touted his administration’s accomplishments, claiming that the country “is doing great” and “breaking records,” while also lamenting it as being “too bad” that he had to authorize an attack on Iran in late February.

“We can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said, before turning to a child standing to his left. “You might be too young for this – they probably know better than most people – but you can't let a bunch of lunatics have a nuclear weapon or the world would be in trouble.”

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676853375/

Good thing I wasn't there I would have asked him if his fucking kid is going to fight his war..............and then I would have told him to pound sand................

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Trump pitches war to child: 'You might be too young for this' (Original Post) turbinetree 18 hrs ago OP
And I'm to old for it, I've seen to many senseless wars for ego's. republianmushroom 18 hrs ago #1
What about one lunatic with access to nuclear weapons? Jim__ 17 hrs ago #2
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