Donald Trump has been informed by U.S. intelligence about specific threats from Iran regarding an assassination plot against him, according to a statement from his campaign. The campaign described these threats as “real and specific” and stated they aim to destabilize and create chaos within the United States. However, the statement did not provide further details on whether these threats were new or previously reported.
The Iranian government has not commented on the claims, but it has a history of denying allegations of interference in U.S. affairs. Trump’s campaign communications director, Steven Cheung, noted that intelligence officials have observed a rise in coordinated attacks over recent months. He emphasized that law enforcement agencies are working diligently to ensure Trump’s safety and to protect the election process from interference.
This announcement follows a previous assassination attempt on Trump on July 13, when he was injured in a shooting during a rally in Pennsylvania, which also resulted in the death of another individual. The motive for that incident is still under investigation, and U.S. media outlets reported that intelligence of an alleged Iranian plot against Trump surfaced shortly thereafter. Iranian officials dismissed these claims as “malicious.”
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump expressed a strong reaction to potential threats, stating, “If they do ‘assassinate President Trump,’ which is always a possibility, I hope that America obliterates Iran, wipes it off the face of the Earth. If that does not happen, American Leaders will be considered ‘gutless’ cowards!”
Additionally, on September 15, a Secret Service agent fired at a rifle that was spotted poking through a fence at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, where Trump was golfing at the time. Ryan Wesley Routh has since been charged with the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate in connection with that incident, although there is no indication that Iran was involved in either the golf course incident or the rally shooting.
In a related note, last month, the Trump campaign claimed that some of its internal communications had been hacked and suggested that Iranian operatives might have been behind the intrusion.
