{"id":12474,"date":"2026-07-10T15:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=12474"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:42:42","slug":"trump-says-he-left-orders-to-bomb-iran-if-tehran-assassinates-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/defense-news\/trump-says-he-left-orders-to-bomb-iran-if-tehran-assassinates-him\/phouck\/2026\/07\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says He Left Orders To Bomb Iran If Tehran Assassinates Him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Donald Trump said he has left instructions for the United States to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/10\/us-news\/trump-tells-the-post-hes-left-instructions-should-iran-succeed-in-assassinating-its-no-1-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launch an unprecedented bombing campaign<\/a> against Iran if Tehran succeeds in assassinating him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been on their list for a long time. That\u2019s what we\u2019re dealing with,\u201d the president told the <em>New York Post<\/em> Friday. \u201cI\u2019ve left instructions \u2014 if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they\u2019ve never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump did not explain whom he gave the instructions to, which targets would be included or how such an order would be carried out after his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump calls himself Iran\u2019s top target<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The president\u2019s comments followed remarks he made during the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, where he said Iran may be seeking to kill him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m their No. 1 target,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/i-may-be-gone-too-trump-ominously-warns-iran-could-assassinate-him-during-odd-tangent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran has threatened retaliation against Trump and other former administration officials over the January 2020 U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. American authorities have also previously accused Iranian operatives of pursuing plots against Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest concern arose after Israel reportedly shared intelligence with the United States before Trump landed in Washington indicating that Iran was considering another plot to assassinate the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mediaite&#8217;s Tom Durante <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-admits-he-left-explosive-instructions-in-the-event-hes-assassinated-by-iran-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has additional details<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>On the way back to the States, the president was forced to switch planes after the Secret Service reportedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/videos\/secret-urged-trump-old-air-055942358.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voiced concerns<\/a>\u00a0about the new Air Force One, a $400 million jet gifted to him from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-rips-into-critics-as-fury-intensifies-over-qatar-jet-only-a-fool-would-not-accept-this-gift\/\">Qatari government<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>After that,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/israel-shared-intelligence-suggesting-iran-was-considering-killing-trump-report\/\">Israel claimed<\/a>\u00a0it had shared intelligence with the president that the Islamic regime was \u201cconsidering\u201d a new plan to assassinate the president.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In his interview with\u00a0The Post, Trump denied those claims.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cNo, no. Israel came up with nothing. No, no,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been No. 1 [on Iran\u2019s kill list] for a long time, and it\u2019s the way life is, you know.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope you\u2019ll miss me,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reporting cited by Mediaite, Israeli intelligence had not determined how far the alleged plot had progressed or whether Tehran had taken any concrete steps to carry it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump nevertheless delivered an unmistakable warning: Any successful attack against him would bring an overwhelming American response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/politics\/democrat-house-candidate-faces-scrutiny-over-undisclosed-16-day-marriage-to-syrian-national\/phouck\/2026\/07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Star Dem Recruit Hit With Questions About Hidden Marriage To Syrian National<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class= \"house-ad\"><center><p class= \"sponsored\">Sponsored<\/p><strong><span style=\" color:#ff0004\" class=\" has-inline-color has-text-align-center\"><a href= \"https:\/\/secure.winred.com\/rudy-defense-trust\/5edd7e548f8841c\/?utm_term=[trackingcode]&#038;source_code=[trackingcode]&#038;utm_campaign=20260608&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=RW_B&#038;utm_content=EM\">Stand with Rudy Giuliani. 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That\u2019s what we\u2019re dealing with,\u201d the president told the New York Post Friday. \u201cI\u2019ve left instructions \u2014 if anything happens, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1341,1346,1355],"tags":[2169,2323,1479,8,725,2325,15,2324,1697],"class_list":["post-12474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense-news","category-foreign-affairs","category-national-security","tag-2026-iran-war","tag-2026-iran-war-ceasefire","tag-defense-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-qasem-soleimani","tag-trump-administration","tag-u-s-armed-forces","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Says He Left Orders To Bomb Iran If Tehran Assassinates Him - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/defense-news\/trump-says-he-left-orders-to-bomb-iran-if-tehran-assassinates-him\/phouck\/2026\/07\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Says He Left Orders To Bomb Iran If Tehran Assassinates Him - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump said he has left instructions for the United States to launch an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran if Tehran succeeds in assassinating him. \u201cI\u2019ve been on their list for a long time. 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