Trump claims he ordered ‘obliteration’ of Iran if he’s assassinated
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday that Iran will be “obliterated” if it assassinates him — saying he’s drafted an order to that effect if he dies.
“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.”
Trump said that he was reluctantly signing the anti-Iran 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.
