Published Oct 14, 2026, 5:48 PM ET · Updated a month ago · 4 sources

Trump says leakers should be shot: ‘They’re the scum of the earth’

The Hill
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President Trump suggested at a campaign rally in Arizona on Wednesday that leakers should be shot, in an apparent reference to leaks surrounding U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. “Somebody leaked, some sleazebag. They ought to go to jail and be shot. For the rest of their life, they should be in jail,” Trump said…