Israel shared new intelligence with the US about an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump, which POTUS alluded to in remarks on Wednesday.
Here’s the report:
Israel shared new intelligence with the U.S. that it said indicated a fresh Iranian plan to kill President Trump, people familiar with the matter said, a finding that would mark an escalation in the war between Washington and Iran.
Iran for years has vowed openly to retaliate against Trump for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, who was a top general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in the president’s first term.
The Israeli embassy in Washington declined to comment. Iran’s Mission to the United Nations didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House referred The Wall Street Journal to comments the president made on Wednesday.
Trump on Wednesday alluded to threats to his life when speaking to reporters in Ankara, Turkey.
“They want to take out the U.S. leader—me,” he said. “I’m on every list. I saw this morning, I’m on every single one of their lists. And so far, I guess I’ve been a little bit lucky, but that maybe doesn’t last very long.”
Perhaps this is another reason why President Trump swapped AF1s on part of his trip back from Ankara, Turkey to the US. But the he announced that before it happened, so maybe it was all a ruse to throw off the Iranians in case they would try and take him out with a ballistic missile.
Whatever the case – and it really is no big surprise that the Iranians want to kill President Trump – I’m glad Israel shared the intel and nothing happened.
