ALBAWABA – US President Donald Trump warned that Iran would be met with a crushing military reaction if any assassination attempt on him ever succeeded. Trump said he has already given instructions on how Washington should respond to such a scenario.
Trump told the New York Post he has long known he is a target for Tehran, adding the United States would retaliate with force “at levels they have never seen before” if he were murdered.
The comments came amid rumors that Israel had provided intelligence with Washington about a supposed Iranian conspiracy to attack the U.S. president. Trump rejected the notion that the intelligence was related to a fresh danger, saying there was no recent plot to kill him but that Iran had long considered him a target.
The Wall Street Journal earlier this week reported that Israeli officials had given U.S. security agencies information on a possible Iranian murder plan. The intelligence might bolster Washington’s increasingly tough stance on Tehran amid continuing tensions, the article claimed.
The source pointed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued preference for military action against Iran, while Trump had favored a diplomatic resolution to minimize the economic fallout of a wider regional conflict.
The new comments follow the US resumption of military operations against Iran, accusing Tehran of breaching agreements on security in the Strait of Hormuz. The renewed exchange has amplified worries of a bigger confrontation, with both Washington and Tehran still exchanging military and political warnings in an increasingly tense regional climate.
