02/04/2025

Trump Says He’s Given Advisers Instructions for Iran to be ‘Obliterated’ if It Assassinates Him

Whoever replaces him would not be required to follow his request

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him.

"If they did that, they would be obliterated," Trump said in an exchange with reporters while signing an executive order calling for the U.S. government to impose maximum pressure on Tehran in an attempt to impress Israel's visiting prime minister. "ve left instructions if they do it, they get obliterated, there won't be anything left."

If Trump were assassinated, Vice President JD Vance would become president and would not necessarily be bound by any instructions left by his predecessor. Federal authorities allegedly have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other administration officials for years.

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