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(The Guardian) Trump says US will give 'immunity' to Iran's military and police if they surrender
Before turning to banter with Lionel Messi at the White House on Thursday, Donald Trump renewed his call for Iran’s military to surrender and the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the theocratic government that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution that deposed the Shah.
“I’m once again calling on all members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the military, and the police, to lay down their arms,” Trump said. Looking up from his prepared remarks, the president told the crowd assembled in honor of the MLS Cup winners: “They’re only going to be killed.”
“Now is the time to stand up for the Iranian people and help take back your country,” he continued. “You’re going to have a chance, after all these years, to take back your country. Accept immunity.”
“We’ll give you immunity,” the president said, using a term more often associated with legal cases than war. “And we’ll be giving you- really the right side of history, because that’s what it is. So, you’ll be perfectly safe with total immunity or you’ll face absolutely guaranteed death. And I don’t want to see that.”
“We also urge Iranian diplomats around the world to request asylum and to help us shape a new and better Iran with great potential,” he added. “It’s a country with great potential. There’s much better future for Iran. It’s now beginning. It’s going to be, I think, a great future.”
Trump then reiterated that he intends to have a say in choosing the next leader of Iran. “The United States will ensure that whoever leads the country next, Iran will not threaten America or its neighbors, Israel, anybody,” Trump said.
“If you look at what happened, they had missiles aimed at all of these other countries, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, many others that weren’t really involved very much,” Trump said, without mentioning that all of those nations host US military bases or troops.
“And they had missiles aimed, well, they were aimed there long before this ever started,” the president said. “They were going after the entire Middle East. And then we came along. We blew up their party.”
Before turning to banter with Lionel Messi at the White House on Thursday, Donald Trump renewed his call for Iran’s military to surrender and the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the theocratic government that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution that deposed the Shah.
“I’m once again calling on all members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the military, and the police, to lay down their arms,” Trump said. Looking up from his prepared remarks, the president told the crowd assembled in honor of the MLS Cup winners: “They’re only going to be killed.”
“Now is the time to stand up for the Iranian people and help take back your country,” he continued. “You’re going to have a chance, after all these years, to take back your country. Accept immunity.”
“We’ll give you immunity,” the president said, using a term more often associated with legal cases than war. “And we’ll be giving you- really the right side of history, because that’s what it is. So, you’ll be perfectly safe with total immunity or you’ll face absolutely guaranteed death. And I don’t want to see that.”
“We also urge Iranian diplomats around the world to request asylum and to help us shape a new and better Iran with great potential,” he added. “It’s a country with great potential. There’s much better future for Iran. It’s now beginning. It’s going to be, I think, a great future.”
Trump then reiterated that he intends to have a say in choosing the next leader of Iran. “The United States will ensure that whoever leads the country next, Iran will not threaten America or its neighbors, Israel, anybody,” Trump said.
“If you look at what happened, they had missiles aimed at all of these other countries, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, many others that weren’t really involved very much,” Trump said, without mentioning that all of those nations host US military bases or troops.
“And they had missiles aimed, well, they were aimed there long before this ever started,” the president said. “They were going after the entire Middle East. And then we came along. We blew up their party.”
