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Trump: 'They are cancer, we need to remove the tumor quickly'

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk
Trump: 'They are cancer, we need to remove the tumor quickly'

Primary source Internal intake · 3 reviewed intake signals · Desk window 11:18

TL;DR

President Donald Trump said this morning that 'they are cancer and we need to remove the tumor quickly,' in a follow-up to his earlier statement that 'they need to be uprooted from the root, like cancer.' The target of the remarks remains unspecified.

01 · THE DISPATCH

President Donald Trump continued his inflammatory rhetoric Wednesday morning, saying that unspecified targets are 'cancer' and that the 'tumor' must be removed quickly. The statement, made minutes after Trump said the same targets 'need to be uprooted from the root, like cancer' (as The Zioneer reported at 11:14 Jerusalem), extends the medical metaphor. The target of both remarks remains unidentified. Trump's earlier statement was reported by The Zioneer at 11:14. The former president has used similarly strong language toward Iran and other adversaries, but no specific context for this morning's comments has been provided. The Zioneer is monitoring for further details.

02 · How it developed

5 developments

  1. Latest

    Trump additionally characterized Iranians as 'mentally ill'.

  2. Trump claims he is on Iran's assassination list.

  3. Trump explicitly identifies Iran as the target of his 'cancer' metaphor.

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03 · Source and signal

Source and signal

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