Trump monitoring possible terror sleeper cells and potential for Iranian drone attacks in California
President Trump revealed Wednesday that he’s been briefed on the possibility Iranian terrorist sleeper cells could be activated to attack Americans.The president indicated he was aware of an alarming FBI memo issued to law enforcement in California, warning that Iran could deploy drones from a vessel off the Golden State coastline to attack the mainland. “It is being investigated but you have a lot of things happening, and all we could do is take them as they come,” Trump told reporters after arriving back in Washington after a trip to Kentucky.“The war itself is being prosecuted as well as anyone has ever seen,” the president added.He blamed former President Joe Biden for the potential presence of Iran-aligned terrorists in the US. “I have been [briefed on Iranian sleeper cells] and a lot of people came in through Biden with his stupid open border, but we know where most of them are,” Trump said. “We got our eye on all of them, I think.” The FBI had alerted state officials of the Iranian-originated threat in February, but California Gov.Gavin Newsom didn’t let that stop him from criticizing Trump’s military operation.The Bureau’s alert said: “We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the US conducted strikes against Iran.”“Drone issues have been top of mind,” Newsom said during a news conference Tuesday to announce new funding for mental health and drug treatment as it relates to homelessness.“We’ve been aware of that information, we’ve been working collaboratively with the [State Operations Center],” he said.The 58-year-old, seen as a frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, said he has not spoken to the commander in chief directly about the threat...