{"id":2679104,"date":"2026-10-08T18:33:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hell-freezes-over-cnn-fact-checker-comes-to-trumps-aid-again\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:34:37","slug":"hell-freezes-over-cnn-fact-checker-comes-to-trumps-aid-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hell-freezes-over-cnn-fact-checker-comes-to-trumps-aid-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Hell Freezes Over: CNN Fact-Checker Comes to Trump\u2019s Aid Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fhell-freezes-over-cnn-fact-checker-comes-to-trumps-aid-again%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=2679104&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>the content discusses CNN fact-checker Daniel dale&#8217;s responses to attacks against President Donald Trump regarding comments about Iran. Dale clarified that a clip shared online, suggesting Trump made a threatening statement about Iran targeting U.S. cities, was taken out of context. Trump had stated that if Iran hit american cities like San Diego or Los Angeles,it would cause catastrophic damage,but Dale emphasized that the president was emphasizing the severity of potential threats and the importance of protecting the country,not endorsing violence. Dale provided full context from trump&#8217;s remarks to help viewers understand the nuance, highlighting that Trump was contrasting the minimal impact of U.S. economic sanctions and operations with the potential devastation Iran could cause with nuclear weapons. The article notes the importance of viewing complete statements rather than fragments taken out of context, especially in political discourse.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale pushed back on attacks against President Donald Trump for the second time this week after comments the commander in chief made about Iran were taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>It began Tuesday when Dale pointed out that a clip of Trump \u2014 which was d by an account linked to Kamala Harris \u2014 was not a direct quote from the president and was highly misleading, Mediate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/cnn-fact-checker-daniel-dale-defends-trump-over-let-em-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego-clip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The X account \u201c@HQNewsNow\u201d posted a clip of the president from a Monday rally in Nebraska with the caption: \u201cTrump on Iran: Let \u2019em take out Los Angeles and San Diego, it\u2019s a small price to pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite criticizing Trump\u2019s delivery style, Dale pointed out that \u201cthis isn\u2019t a direct quote from Trump, and I very much don\u2019t think it\u2019s a correct paraphrase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump has repeatedly argued that the consequences of the war, like higher gas prices, are a small price to pay compared to what an unchecked Iran could allegedly do,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This isn\u2019t a direct quote from Trump, and I very much don\u2019t think it\u2019s a correct paraphrase. Trump has repeatedly argued that the consequences of the war, like higher gas prices, are a small price to pay compared to what an unchecked Iran could allegedly do. Last night, in especially rambling and incomplete fashion, he 1) claimed high prices are temporary and suggested they\u2019re \u201cartificial\u201d; 2) contrasted that to the damage of Iran supposedly taking out a city; 3) and then, in especially confusing style, repeated his old point that \u201cthis,\u201d as in the consequences of the war, is a small price to pay to avoid something like a a city being wiped out.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Trump\u2019s fault you kinda have to be steeped in TrumpRallySpeak to know what he was saying last night, and of course you can say it\u2019s inappropriate regardless for the president to casually float the possibility of a city being wiped out, but the context exists and is important.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ddale8\/status\/2107448860914094206?\">October 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The president was saying that increased fuel prices are a \u201csmall price to pay,\u201d considering a nuclear-armed Iran could take out an American city. He was not encouraging destruction against America in any way.<\/p>\n<p>When Trump echoed the same sentiment during a rally for U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday in San Antonio, Texas, liberal writer Aaron Rupar tried posting the clip as evidence that the president wasn\u2019t taken out of context, prompting Dale to speak out once more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see some people treating this post as evidence Trump wasn\u2019t taken out of context in the previous speech,\u201d Dale declared. \u201cIn fact, this post even *more* obviously takes him out of context. This time, Trump said right after this comment, \u2018We\u2019re not gonna let that happen. We protect our cities, we protect our country.\u2019 (Rupar\u2019s post includes that comment, but the caption doesn\u2019t).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd right before this comment, Trump was talking about how oil prices are not as high as people thought the war would send them,\u201d he continued. \u201cIn other words, he was, as he has on previous occasions, contrasting the big damage Iran could (supposedly) do to cities with a nuclear weapon with the (supposedly) minimal harm of the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CNN fact-checker then included the full remarks from Trump so viewers could have a total picture.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I see some people treating this post as evidence Trump wasn\u2019t taken out of context in the previous speech. In fact, this post even *more* obviously takes him out of context.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Trump said right after this comment, \u201cWe\u2019re not gonna let that happen. We protect our cities, we protect our country.\u201d (Rupar\u2019s post includes that comment, but the caption doesn\u2019t). And right before this comment, Trump was talking about how oil prices are not as high as people thought the war would send them. In other words, he was, as he has on previous occasions, contrasting the big damage Iran could (supposedly) do to cities with a nuclear weapon with the (supposedly) minimal harm of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full relevant remarks. (Critics are free to call them inappropriate, but people should see the entire monologue.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd just as I promised, I am ensuring that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon\u2026Never. They know that. They know that. And we\u2019ll be out of there soon. And you watch those oil prices come down like a rock, and watch everything; everything else is coming down. Oil is coming down. You know, we pay less than oil, and we did that whole thing with \u2013 because that was a big operation that should have been done by past presidents for many years. It should have been done, but nobody wanted to take it on. We had no choice. Because we can\u2019t let them have a nuclear weapon. And I\u2019ll tell you what. Oil: a little more, maybe more than a little, but a lot of people thought it\u2019d be 3, 4, 5 times that. When I went in, I thought it could be much higher than that. But we are paying less than under the Biden administration; he didn\u2019t do anything. He gave you the highest inflation in history. He didn\u2019t do anything. But you want to see trauma? You want to see problems? And I said it the other day: Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles. On the way \u2013 let them hit \u2013 you want to see a horror show? You want to see problems? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. And you want to see some bad things happen, you want to see a country that would be in freefall. We\u2019re not going to let that happen. We protect our cities, we protect our country. We\u2019re not letting that happen. And they\u2019d use it too. They\u2019d use it. They would use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/t.co\/UVHAmtNh0j<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Dale (@ddale8) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ddale8\/status\/2108008620944216173?\">October 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019ll tell you what. Oil: a little more, maybe more than a little, a lot of people thought it\u2019d be three, four, five times that,\u201d Trump stated. \u201cWhen I went in, I thought it could be much higher than that. But we are paying less than under the Biden administration; he didn\u2019t do anything. He gave you the highest inflation in history. He didn\u2019t do anything. But you want to see trauma? You want to see problems? And I said it the other day: Let [Iran] hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles, on the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to see a horror show? You want to see problems? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles,\u201d the president added. \u201cAnd you want to see some bad things happen, you want to see a country that would be in freefall. We\u2019re not going to let that happen. We protect our cities, we protect our country. We\u2019re not letting that happen. And they\u2019d use it too. They\u2019d use it. They would use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Dale <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ddale8\/status\/2108009591871353300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed out<\/a> that another high-profile media clipper, who posted the moment with additional context, didn\u2019t get as many views as Rupar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother prominent clipper of Trump\u2019s remarks, @Acyn, included the \u2018we\u2019re not letting that happen\u2019 quote in his caption,\u201d Dale noted. \u201cCoincidentally or not, his post has 74,000 views to the 415,000 views on the Rupar post that doesn\u2019t include that quote in the caption.\u201d<\/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 style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\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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