The US president warned that he \u201cmay be gone\u201d as a result of a potential assassination attempt<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump has warned he could be assassinated by Iran, claiming that Tehran considers him its \u201cnumber one target.\u201d His comments came as a tentative ceasefire between Washington and Tehran collapsed, with fighting flaring up anew around the Strait of Hormuz.
\nTrump made the remarks at a NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, after the US struck dozens of Iranian targets in retaliation for alleged attacks on oil tankers in the strait. While the US military accused Tehran of \u201cunwarranted aggression,\u201d Iranian media, citing government sources, said that one of the tankers had ignored warnings, stressing that Iran should approve all passages.
\nFollowing the attacks, Trump branded the Iranian leadership \u201cscum\u201d, \u201csick,\u201d and \u201ccuckoo,\u201d declared the ceasefire \u201cover,\u201d and called continued negotiations \u201ca waste of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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At the summit, Trump also alluded to the role the US had played in the targeted assassinations of the Iranian leadership. \u201cThey had leaders. They\u2019re gone. And they had another set of leaders. They\u2019re gone. Now they have another set of leaders. They may be gone,\u201d he said.
\nThe US president noted, \u201cI may be gone, too, because I\u2019m their number one target.\u201d\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s the way they act,\u201d he added, claiming that he is doing \u201cwhat\u2019s right for the country\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Iran denies plotting to kill Trump<\/p>\n
US authorities accused Iran of plotting to kill Trump as early as before the 2024 presidential election, claiming that a man named Farhad Shakeri \u2013 an Afghan national residing in Tehran \u2013 was tasked with \u201cproviding a plan\u201d to kill not only the Republican but also other US and Israeli citizens.
\nAt the time, Tehran rejected the accusations as \u201ccompletely baseless\u201d and dismissed them as \u201ca malicious conspiracy orchestrated by Zionist and anti-Iranian circles, aimed at further complicating the issues between the US and Iran.\u201d
\nHowever, Iran has repeatedly vowed \u201charsh retaliation\u201d against Trump and other US officials involved in the January 2020 drone strike that killed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Qasem Soleimani.
\nOver the past several years, Trump has been targeted in several assassination attempts. He was hit in the ear by a bullet fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, an attack that killed one rally-goer before Crooks was shot dead by a Secret Service sniper. Two months later, a man was arrested after being spotted with a rifle near Trump\u2019s golf course in Florida.
\nIn April 2026, Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were rushed from the Washington Hilton after gunfire broke out at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner. The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, was later charged with attempting to assassinate the president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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