Trump says ‘whole country’ of Iran will be ‘blown up’ if it targets him
President Donald Trump warned in a NewsNation interview marking his frist year in office that he has left orders to “wipe” Iran off the map if Iranian leaders follow through on threats to assassinate him, saying “the whole country is going to get blown up.” He criticized President Biden for not speaking out and said he would have responded more forcefully. The article notes Iran has issued repeated threats against trump since he ordered the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani, including a computer-generated video of a drone attack and recent comments by former adviser Mohammad-Javad Larijani threatening a strike at Mar-a-Lago. Iranian state TV also aired imagery interpreted as a threat after the Butler assassination attempt. Rising domestic unrest in Iran and Tehran’s harsh crackdown on protests have heightened tensions, and while Trump recently moved the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group closer to the region, he declined to order strikes last week.
Trump says ‘whole country’ of Iran will be ‘blown up’ if it targets him
President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Iran, arguing that if it followed through on threats to his life, the entire country would be annihilated.
Speaking in an interview on NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich Tonight, marking his one-year anniversary in office, the president was asked about threats to his life from Iranian leadership. Trump said in no uncertain terms that he left instructions to completely destroy the country as a contingency measure.
“Well, they shouldn’t be doing it, but I’ve left notification. Anything ever happens … the whole country is going to get blown up,” Trump said.
“Biden should have said something. … If I were here and they were making that threat to somebody, even, not even a president, but somebody like they did with me, I would absolutely hit them so hard,” he added.
“But I have very firm instructions — anything happens, they’re going to wipe them off the face of this Earth,” Trump concluded.
Iran has issued numerous assassination threats against Trump over the past six years, but the more recent ones hold more weight due to the elevated tensions, triggered by Iran’s brutal crackdown on widespread protests. The first Iranian threats against Trump’s life began after he ordered the assassination of the charismatic Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 3, 2020.
Many of these threats have been detailed, such as when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published a computer-generated video of a drone assassinating Trump while he was golfing in January 2022.
One of Iran’s most recent threats came from Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a former senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, during the 12 Day War last year, threatening a drone strike against the president at Mar-a-Lago.
“Trump has done something so that he can no longer sunbathe in Mar-a-Lago,” he said in an interview with state TV. “As he lies there with his stomach to the sun, a small drone might hit him in the navel. It’s very simple.”
Last week, Iranian state TV aired footage that focused on a sign held by a pro-government protester. The poster featured an image of Trump at Butler just after the assassination attempt, with the caption reading, “This time, it [the bullet] won’t miss.” The focus on the sign was interpreted by many as an unsubtle threat against Trump, given Tehran’s tight control over its state media.
Tensions with Iran have reached among its highest points since the 1979 Islamic Revolution as casualties continue to mount from anti-government protests sparked by economic collapse. Trump ultimately decided against strikes last week, but began moving the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group toward the Middle East to expand his strike options.
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