President Donald Trump said he has left behind instructions to strike Iran should Tehran succeed in its attempts to assassinate him."I’ve been on their list for a long time.That’s what we’re dealing with," he told the New York Post on Friday.
"… The only thing is, I’ve left instructions — if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before."Trump said that Tehran has wanted him dead for some time, noting that there were no new plans to kill him amid recent reports that Israel flagged an Iranian plot to take him out, the newspaper reported.ISRAEL SHARES INTELLIGENCE WARNING IRAN PLOTTED NEW ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST TRUMP: REPORTA banner calling for President Trump to be killed at the funeral of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.(Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)"No, no, Israel came up with nothing," Trump said.
"I’ve been No.1 [on Iran’s kill list] for a long time, and it’s the way life is, you know."Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.Iran has sought Trump's assassination after he ordered a 2020 strike that took out Iranian Gen.
Qasem Soleimani.Most recently, mourners called for his death during the funeral for Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.TRUMP CALLS TERRORIST IRANIAN A ‘CANCER.’ IS HE FINALLY THE ONE TO REMOVE IT?The truck carrying the coffins of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family makes its way through mourners during the funeral procession toward Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, July 6, 2026.
(Vahid Salemi/AP)"I swear by the blood of the Supreme Leader, Trump, we will kill you!" they shouted, with women holding up placards reading "Kill Trump."Domestically, Trump has been the target of assassination plots in the United States.In July 2024, a bullet grazed his ear when a shooter opened fire on him during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.Meanwhile, tensions between W...