Trump: "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran"

[highplainsdem]

Source: Axios

President Trump called on Iranian civilians to "immediately evacuate Tehran" on Monday evening, providing no additional details about what was coming.

Why it matters: It's not immediately clear what triggered Trump's dramatic post on Truth Social. Israel has been conducting strikes in Tehran since Thursday night, but the U.S. has so far declined to join the operation.

What he is saying: "Iran should have signed the "deal" I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" Trump wrote.

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Shortly after Trump's post, Iranian media reported explosions and heavy air defense fire in Tehran. It's unclear if there was any relation between Trump's post and the attack.

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Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/06/16/trump-evacuate-tehran-warning-israel

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Trump just posted: "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!"

So reckless. So dangerous. So irresponsible.

— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-06-16T22:42:13.582Z

[sop]

1. "America should immediately evacuate Trump." (Bluesky comment)

[IronLionZion]

11. Like flushing a turd down a toilet

that's the kind of evacuation we need

[C_U_L8R]

2. Moron or madman

Or both.

[LW1977]

9. Both

[IronLionZion]

12. Both, they don't have to be separate things

[jgmiller]

3. Well we know that means he's NOT going to nuke them

He's way too much of a coward to follow through with threats like that he just wants to appear like he's a big guy by saying stuff like that post.

[Ponietz]

17. Not a nuke to start with

But the US could be at war before morning.

[Justice matters.]

33. The disgusting convicted felon loves to create panic amongst civilians.

Re: his idiotic 'we have nukes, why can't we USE them?' (or simimlar) comment.

Imagine the civilians who live there who oppose the fascist theocratic regime how anxious they may feel!

Sick bastard has no sense of humanity!!

[LudwigPastorius]

41. Trump, no, but, Netanyahu could pull the trigger.

He might figure he's never going to get a more genocide-friendly American president than Trump, so may as well glass Tehran now.

[PittBlue]

4. Donald Trump is a waste of human life.

[riversedge]

6. Tehran Iran has a ---population of around 9.8 million in the city as of 2025,

Serious!! Trump growing senile to think 9M people can or will evacuate!!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Iranian capital city. For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation).
Tehran
تهران
Capital city
Tehran skyline and the Alborz
.......
Tehran (/tɛˈræn, -ˈrɑːn, ˌteɪ-/; Persian: تهران [t̪ʰeɦˈɹɒːn] ⓘ, Tehrân) is the capital[6] and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District.[7] With a population of around 9.8 million in the city as of 2025,[8] and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia,[9] the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including, Karaj, Eslamshahr, Shahriar, Qods, Malard, Golestan, Pakdasht, Qarchak, Nasimshahr, Parand, Pardis, Andisheh and Fardis.

[wcmagumba]

7. Plenty of space at Mar-a-Lago...d-rump is an idiot...

[Bread and Circuses]

8. Time for Israeli's to take back their country...

Netanyahu is the same as Trump , Putin and all the despots.

I want peace and happiness for all people and nations .


Israeli citizens, please stop this madman now. He’s setting you up for massive retaliation in the future.

[dutch777]

10. Just adding to the terrorism in the region. But I guess it's okay if he does it along with the "I told your so!".

[IronLionZion]

13. Does he know how evacuation works?

are 9.8 million people supposed to hop on their private jets and fly off to their golf course in Florida?

[AloeVera]

21. Apparently they don't have access to gasoline.

So on foot. Going where? Surrounded by mountains.

Let's hope Israel at least waits until all are evacuated before blowing up the homes and livelihoods of 10 million people. Gaza redux but on a much larger scale.

The cruelty, illegality and insanity is off the charts!

[Prairie Gates]

14. Everyone should ignore this clown

He got spanked redass at the G7 and now he wants to divert attention from his most recent horrible failure.

[Ponietz]

18. If I lived in Tehran I'd leave

DoD won’t ignore him. He’s itching to play warlord not just in Los Angeles.

[AloeVera]

23. I would too. Israel issued warnings to evacuate this morning.

For a large part of Tehran. That was bad enough - just like Gaza and we see what it looks like now - but now Trump saying evacuate the whole city immediately, is even more ominous. Those two madmen are in cahoots and something truly awful will come of it. Where are Western Leaders? Oh at the G7/6!! Wake up!!

[Ahpook]

15. What's he babbling about now

Didn't he end the arms treaty with Iran that U.S. and other nations agreed to? But, one nation couldn't upend a treaty such as this I wouldn't think. What a mess

If I am remembering this wrong, please correct me.

[iemanja]

36. Yes, because Bibi told him to.

[SoFlaBro]

16. Orange Bastard is a pantload and a stupid motherfucker. Piss on that fucking turd.

[Irish_Dem]

19. 17 million people live in Tehran. Where do they go?

Many of them are women and children.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

46. Of course

I've heard too many times, "That's what happens in war!"

[Irish_Dem]

51. "Them's the breaks kids."

[ancianita]

20. Israel is now bombing Tehran's broadcast headquarters.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010232594/israel-strike-iran-broadcast-tv-conflict.html?smid=pl-share

[Paladin]

22. trump, making a bad situation infinitely worse. As usual. (nt)

[AllaN01Bear]

24. in the voice of ronald egan, we have to punish iran . rinse and repeat. hareth we go again

[red dog 1]

25. Is he dead yet?

[kkmarie]

49. Release the Epstein files

Release them now! Maybe he stops some of the chaos

[unblock]

26. Iran should have sign the deal they did sign but Donnie tore up because Obama?

[I-teach-kids]

27. If the Israelis are hitting nuclear facilities

And, there is a massive spread of nuclear debris, it would behoove one to be away from it.

No idea if their enrichment facilities are in or around Tehran.

[Diamond_Dog]

28. IDIOT!

There was already a deal in place negotiated by Obama but he ripped it up because he was so jealous of anything Obama accomplished!

[ms liberty]

29. Thank you for beating me to it.

[Tarzanrock]

30. Mounting indisputable 'evidence' that the insane Turd is a War Criminal.

Netanyahu is an 'indicted' war criminal by the ICC at the Hague with a criminal arrest warrant out for Netanyahu's War Crimes in Gaza including 'Crimes Against Humanity' for intentional starvation of a civilian population. The Turd is now a direct accomplice to Netanyahu's War Crimes in Iran in waging an illegal aggressive war by purposefully and intentionally attacking Iran. The more the Turd involves himself in Netanyahu's (and Israel's) War Crimes -- the greater the Turd's guilt of being a War Criminal. Iran will eventually bring these War Crimes charges before the ICC at the Hague.

[blue-wave]

31. But Trump dumps

All over Ukraine in favor of Russia and Russia is a very close ally of Iran. It appears to be that he's starting a world war.

[BidenRocks]

32. Hey Iran

Don't even think of harming our dear leader who said Iran is a shithole country!
He said you didn't have the balls to harm him!
Who's your daddy?
Trump said he had a cartoon of Mohammed.

[Enter stage left]

34. You stupid, stupid, stupid son-of-a-bitch...

There are over 16 million people in the greater Tehran area.

WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU WANT THEM TO GO?

You are so fucking stupid you shouldn't be allowed to wipe your own ugly fat orange ass.

Please do all of us a favor, just FUCKING DIE, I don't care how!

[mackdaddy]

35. Problem is Netanyahu is as extreme as to actually send a Nuke to Tehran.

Like Trump all this is keeping him out of jail, and he is getting away with what he wanted all along.

Just like the genocide he is conducting in Gaza, and his war of aggression now with Iran, it is not something beyond what he might do.

And for Trump, even though he is all on board with these atrocities, if Bebe does it, it gives him some room for denial.

With Trump, you never know whether he is just bloviating, or if he is letting actual plans out loud.

My guess is at a minimum a serious conventional attack by Netanyahu. But it is not out of the question he orders our own military to attack Iran or at Iranian backed groups like the Houthis.

But I would not rule out an actual nuke attack either.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

37. Triggering an evacuation of a city is a tactic to further destabilize

An already destabilized government. Particularly when it's a capital. It clogs the roads which makes defensive maneuvers difficult. It depletes food and fuel in the city. And it pulls soldiers and government officials away when they decide its more important to try to save their families vs trying to defend a government already beginning to crack and crumble. This adds additional paralysis to government and military functions as people along the chains of command go missing or are unable to reach command centers due to the roads being jammed with panicked civilians and abandoned vehicles.

Thats said, there is zero fucking chance he knows this. He's likely just repeating what someone else told him to say.

[tornado34jh]

38. Does anyone really think you can just evacuate the 2nd largest city in the Middle East that easily?

It's also one of the top 25 most populated cities. Where are they expecting people to go? If you saw what happened to New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, that was a very complicated thing. Keep in mind this comparison: As of 2024, the metropolitan New Orleans has just under a million people. Tehran's metropolitan area is 18 times that much. Are they expecting that somehow they can just evacuate 17.67 million people?

Also, the US and a lot of people seem to forget why Iran became what it is, and a big reason for that is the US government. The US government overthrew Mohammad Mossadegh because it refused to cave to western demands in regards to oil. We seem to forget that. It's really one of the big what ifs. What if the US never overthrew Mossadegh? Also, keep in mind, he was dealing with Fada'iyan-e Islam, which as you might guess, is an Islamic fundamentalist group, and one of Ayatollah Khomeini's main supporting groups. So the US is not innocent in regards to how Iran became what it is.

[Tarzanrock]

39. This insane Turd is ...

the same god damn asshole that broke a perfectly good agreement with Iran to suspend it's nuclear weapon program simply because it was a great achievement of a black president. DNI Tulsi Gabbard testified: "The United States Intelligence community "continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khomeini has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003." Gabbard to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence -- March 26, 2025.

At some point, it is abundantly clear that the Turd is one criminally insane Motherfucker who has to be removed from Office because he is a manifest danger to the entire World.

[democrank]

40. Trump's recklessness is mind-blowing

He spews anything and everything without thinking about the consequences.

[dchill]

42. Three words - Nobel Peace Prize! 🏆

( If I have to put a sarcasm tag here, I'm gonna )

[PufPuf23]

43. Trump broke the Obama deal agreed to by World powers and Iran.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal_framework

[Renew Deal]

44. It could be posturing

If he knows a deal is likely and will use the deal to claim he personally saved Iran

[róisín_dubh]

45. Jesus Christ, this is a nightmare

[Exp]

47. Next, it's Los Angeles. What aJackASS! nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

48. How dipshit?

Clueless motherfucker.

[thought crime]

50. Truman vs Trump

Did Netanyahu actually go rogue to attack Iran? Is he now presenting Trump with the choice of the US using bunker busters vs. Israel using a Nuke?

During the Korean War Truman ordered Gen. MacArthur not to expand the conflict to China. MacArthur disobeyed and Truman fired him. Would Trump “order” (persuade, using leverage) Netanyahu not to use a Nuke? Would Trump agree to use bunker busters? Would Trump “fire” Netanyahu if did use a nuclear weapon?

One of the worst things about Trump as president is that he cannot handle a crisis. We saw it with the pandemic and we’re seeing it now. He just isn’t qualified.

[cstanleytech]

52. I'm not sure which is the biggest idiot, Trump, Iran or Israel?

I mean both countries don't even share a border so it's stupid for them to keep attacking each other and Trump..........well, he's Trump and we all know he's an idiot.

[Balatro]

53. Reminds me the punk song "Tehran". So much for the "dove" he claimed to be...

In your plane in the blue sky
You roam again
Words that echo in your mind
Make your heart beat faster
This is no Vietnam
We will win Iran

The President said let it ride (ride)
Islam be damned
Make your last stand
In Tehran

Warrior, the time bomb's
About to go
What will you feel
Will you ever wonder
If the man that's in your sights
Ever kissed his girl goodbye

The Captain said kill or die (die)
Islam be damned
Make your last stand
In Tehran

Great Satan (repeat)
Our flags our burning (repeat)

Soon America may find
Its young men in the sand
Where there casualty
Is just a number
In Iran

The President said let it ride (ride)
You will be damned
Make your last stand
In Tehran

[AntiFascist]

54. So, once the US enters into war with Iran, how will WWIII play out?

China may see an opportunity to attack Taiwan while we are distracted.
Putin may start attacking nearby NATO countries, drawing in the EU and UK, at least.
North Korea may attack South Korea or send missiles over US possessions...