president Donald Trump He said he had given instructions to the United States that if he was assassinated, the United States would take an unprecedented military response to Iran. His comments come amid ongoing tensions between Washington and Tehran over a military conflict and accusations of an assassination plot by Iran.
“Bombing them at a level they’ve never seen”
The Wall Street Journal reports that Israel has shared intelligence with the United States about Iran’s alleged assassination plot against Trump. However, Trump disputed that claim and said Israel provided no such intelligence.
“No, no, Israel has brought nothing to the table,” Trump said, adding that he had been a major target of Iran “for a long time.”
“You know, that’s what life is like,” he added.
In an interview with the New York Post, Trump said he had directed Iran to face overwhelming retaliation if any attempt to assassinate him succeeded.
“I’ve left instructions, if anything happens, to bomb them at a level they’ve never seen before,” Trump said.
Constitutional law experts, however, have questioned the legal validity of such directives. According to the New York Times, a US president cannot authorize military action after his death because command immediately transfers to his current successor, who will become commander-in-chief.
Iran funeral crowd chants against Trump
Trump’s comments followed a highly tense funeral for Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. After days of national mourning, Khamenei was buried on Thursday at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad.
During the ceremony, thousands of mourners chanted anti-American slogans and called for retaliation against Trump. According to reports, some demonstrators chanted “I swear on the blood of Supreme Leader Trump, we will kill you,” while others held placards that read “Kill Trump.”
Crowds also repeated the long-standing revolutionary slogan “Death to America” ​​as the march passed through Iranian cities. Pictures from funeral show banner with target on Trump’s head
Trump reiterates previous warning
This is not the first time Trump has spoken publicly about his contingency plans in the event of an assassination. In January 2025, he said that Iran would be “annihilated” if it was responsible for his killing.
However, U.S. officials said technical negotiations with Iran were still ongoing through diplomatic channels.