{"id":2599239,"date":"2026-05-05T21:40:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-bombshell-comment-about-arming-iranian-protesters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T21:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:42:28","slug":"trump-makes-bombshell-comment-about-arming-iranian-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-bombshell-comment-about-arming-iranian-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Makes Bombshell Comment About Arming Iranian Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-makes-bombshell-comment-about-arming-iranian-protesters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump, in remarks made while answering questions at the Oval Office, suggested that anti-regime elements in Iran-perhaps including Iranian civilian protesters-should be armed with weapons. He framed the argument around the idea that people cannot <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >effectively resist heavily armed opponents<\/a> without access to guns, and he pointed to reports that thousands of protesters were killed during recent unrest, though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-capitol-police-prepares-for-anti-israel-protest-outside-congress\/\" title=\"Capitol Police readies for anti-Israel protest near Congress amid ongoing conflict.\">exact death toll<\/a> is disputed.<\/p>\n<p>the text also notes that Trump made similar comments the previous Monday night and emphasizes that it may not yet be clear whether these remarks reflect an actual policy shift. It concludes by arguing that the Iranian government fears its own people and that opposition to the regime, rather than external enemies alone, poses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-encourages-radical-teachers-and-student-indoctrination\/\" title=\"Jill Biden Encourages Radical Teachers and Student Indoctrination\">greatest long-term threat<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Tuesday might have hinted at unleashing a weapon against Iran that its rulers fear more than American and Israeli bombs.<\/p>\n<p>While fielding questions in the Oval Office, Trump was asked point-blank if he planned to arm the Iranian civilians whose protests helped spark the current war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>His answer couldn\u2019t have been comforting for the tyrants of Tehran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ALERT: When asked about arming Iranian protesters, President Trump said, \u201cI don\u2019t want to say that but yes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey killed 42,000 unarmed civilians. They shot them with snipers on the rooftops \u2014 right in the forehead,\u201d the president continued.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mmDsUT9mzE\">pic.twitter.com\/mmDsUT9mzE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Western Journal (@WesternJournalX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternJournalX\/status\/2051760363104792981?\">May 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script = document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src = \"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement = document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex = paragraphs.findIndex(p => p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex === -1 || targetIndex < x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer = new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries) => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve = findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to say that, but yes,\u201d Trump replied, apparently indicating that anti-regime elements in Iran would be provided with weapons as part of the U.S. war with the Islamic Republic\u2019s rulers.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to describe the plight of the Iranian opposition. In a country bereft of Second Amendment-style rights to self-defense, the government enjoys a monopoly on weapons \u2014 and in the brutal logic of Third-World Islam, that means a monopoly on power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t have any guns,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou could have 200,000 people protesting, and five or six sick people with guns, and when they start shooting them right between the eyes, and you see a guy fall, and then another one fall, and you have no guns, very few people would be able to stand there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tell \u2019em not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To give some perspective on the problem. Trump then said the Islamist regime had killed \u201c42,000\u201d protesters,<\/p>\n<p>(Like any fact about the Middle East, the exact number of protesters killed is in dispute. Iran claims it\u2019s as low as 3,000. In a Jan. 27 piece, the left-wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/jan\/27\/iran-protests-death-toll-disappeared-bodies-mass-burials-30000-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Guardian<\/a> quoted opposition figures estimating the death toll at more than 30,000. Maybe Trump\u2019s figure was high. Maybe it was low. Maybe it was dead on. But even having the conversation proves his point.)<\/p>\n<p>Trump used similar language, but tentative, in an interview Monday night with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they had guns, they would fight back. I\u2019m convinced of that,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/hughhewitt.com\/president-donald-trump-returns-to-the-hugh-hewitt-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you know, you can\u2019t have an unarmed population against people with AK-47s and stand there, even if you have 250,000 people. So you know, you started it off by asking me, would I like to see them? And I\u2019m very torn on it, because they lost 42,000 people in the first two weeks. I don\u2019t really want to see that. They have to have guns. And I think they\u2019re getting some guns. As soon as they have guns, they\u2019ll fight like, as good as anybody there is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as with almost everything Trump, his comments might have reflected more of his own thought process still in the works than a finalized policy. Trump supporters have had years to get used to it (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/6\/democrats-blast-trump-for-iran-war-crimes-threat-republicans-supportive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats never will<\/a>), but his high-powered, keep-\u2019em-guessing bravado must really be driving the country\u2019s opponents crazy \u2014 in combat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-iran-will-blown-off-face-earth-fire-us-boats-strait-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the battlefield<\/a> or in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nato-chief-says-european-leaders-finally-gotten-message-trump-changing-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conference rooms as allies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether his comments Monday night or Tuesday represent an actual policy shift remains to be seen. But what is clear is that the Islamist fanaticists in charge of Iran today \u2014 the successors of the Islamist fanaticists who dragged the country back into the medieval era after Khomeini\u2019s revolution in 1979 \u2014 fear their own Iranian subjects more than their external enemies.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/love-trump-viral-videos-show-iranians-praising-trump-dancing-street-following-us-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with good reason<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The slow-boiling anger of a nation that has been governed mercilessly by fanatics for almost 50 years, turned into an international pariah on the world stage and a police state at home, is the greatest threat to the murderous mullahs and their world.<\/p>\n<p>(For a reminder of how badly things can go wrong for a Muslim ruler, see \u201cGaddafi, Muamar, <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/archive\/7152392\/how-did-gaddafi-die-a-year-later-unanswered-questions-and-bad-blood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">excruciating death of.<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>The American Navy in the Persian Gulf, American-Israeli planes dominating the skies, and deadly Israeli intelligence strikes in the heart of Tehran are incapacitating the Islamic Republic\u2019s power on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s the Iranian people themselves who are going to have to rid the nation of its poisonous leadership.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not an idle lesson for the rest of the world \u2014 and for Americans in particular: An unarmed population is an oppressed population.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian government might be about to find out what happens when the opposite is true.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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