Trump believes Iran wants to assassinate him

Donald Trump claims to have been informed by US intelligence officials that there are allegedly serious threats against his life orchestrated by Iran.

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Trump responded to the threats by posting on his social networks that Iran poses a great threat to his life and that all US military personnel are “attentive” to the situation.

According to Trump, Iran has already tried to assassinate him, but it didn’t work and, he believes, they will try again.

It’s impossible to know at present whether the two assassination attempts against him are linked to Iran, apart from the fact that Ryan Routh, the suspect in the failed assassination attempt on his Florida golf course, is said to have written in a book calling on Iran to assassinate him after the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike ordered by Trump on January 20, 2020.

According to a statement, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned Trump’s team of real and specific threats from the Iranian government, as well as attempts to interfere as part of a broader effort to destabilize the United States.

Hackers associated with the Iranian government also reportedly stole sensitive data to pass on to other candidates and media outlets.

Trump also expressed gratitude for Congress’s approval of additional funding for the Secret Service, a bipartisan measure he was keen to highlight.

Trump said he was now surrounded by more men, guns and weapons than he had ever seen before.