Trump going beyond the Biden “Don’t” …
While signing executive orders and speaking to the press from the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said he’s ordered the obliteration of Iran if the country assassinates him.
“If they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end,” Trump said in the Oval Office as he signed an order to reimpose maximum pressure on Tehran.
“I’ve left instructions. If they do it, they get obliterated. There won’t be anything left, and they shouldn’t be able to do it. And Biden should have said that, but he never did. I don’t know why. Lack of intelligence, perhaps.”
Watch the moment below:
BREAKING: President Trump says he's "left instructions" if Iran assassinates him
"That would be a terrible thing for them to do, not because of me. If they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end. I've left instructions."
"There wouldn't be anything left." pic.twitter.com/cXmYgew3mw
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 4, 2025
From The New York Post:
Trump said that he was reluctantly signing the maximum-pressure order to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Iran allegedly has sought to assassinate Trump and various officials who served in his first administration as payback for the Trump-ordered assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani in 2020.
Despite the threat, Trump ordered the removal of the security details protecting former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and ex-national security adviser John Bolton.
The country’s theocratic leaders also allegedly hacked people associated with Trump in an attempt to undermine his 2024 candidacy.
Former President Joe Biden resisted bipartisan pressure to increase economic sanctions on Iran, including the country’s oil exports.
More over at The New York Post:
Trump claims he ordered ‘obliteration’ of Iran if he’s assassinated in chilling warning: ‘I’ve left instructions’ https://t.co/0ubcMlo3fj pic.twitter.com/5iXyn0ET4X
— New York Post (@nypost) February 4, 2025