They already know it's a stupid, BS lie. All the corporate media repeating it know it's a stupid, BS lie. They don't care. None of them care that it's a stupid, BS lie.
It's something to get their over-emotional, slack-jawed voters worked up about, and to some extent it will do exactly that.
It's all they've got, so they're running with it.
It's the 'fine people' hoax all over again. Literally the same playbook.
Trump: Iran war costs are "a small price to pay for keeping our country safe. They (Iran) can take out a city. Let ’em take out Los Angeles, let ’em take out San Diego. This (the war) is a very small price to pay (to save American cities)."
But Gavin et al know that.