President Donald Trump has issued a dire warning: If Iran attempts to assassinate him, the country will be wiped off the map.
“If they did that, they would be obliterated,” Trump declared while signing an executive order focused on increasing pressure on Tehran. “I’ve left instructions—if they do it, they get obliterated. There won’t be anything left.”
This fiery statement comes amid mounting concerns over Iranian plots against Trump and other former U.S. officials. Federal authorities have been tracking these threats for years, especially after Trump ordered the 2020 drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander.
Security was ramped up ahead of a July campaign rally in Pennsylvania, where Trump was shot in the ear. While officials have not directly linked Iran to the assassination attempt, intelligence agencies have been monitoring Iranian-backed plots.
In November, the Justice Department revealed that an Iranian assassination plot targeting Trump had been foiled. According to U.S. authorities, Iranian officials had directed Farhad Shakeri, 51, to surveil and kill Trump before the upcoming election. Shakeri, reportedly an asset of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, remains at large in Iran.
Iranian officials dismissed the allegations, with a spokesperson claiming it was a fabrication designed to escalate tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
Despite the ongoing threats, Trump recently revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former national security adviser John Bolton, and others who had taken a hardline stance against Iran.
With tensions reaching new heights, Trump’s warning signals a potential global crisis—one that could reshape U.S.-Iran relations forever.
