Former President and Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump had harsh words for Iran on reports of the country’s attempts to assassinate him.

Responding to a moment in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress during which he described alleged Iranian plots against Donald Trump, the former president took to social media.

Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, “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.”

He added, “If that does not happen, American Leaders will be considered ‘gutless’ cowards!”

Following the assassination attempt against Donald Trump, claiming the life of a firefighter, wounding two others, and causing an injury to Trump’s ear, CNN reported that secret service security around the former President had been increased due to alleged Iranian threats against him.

This news raises questions about the security lapses that led to the assassination attempt carried out by Thomas Matthew Crooks against Trump.

There is no indication of any connection between the Iranian plot and Crooks’ attempt to kill the former President.

Since the killing of General Soleimani, commander of the Iranian military’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in January 2020 by the US, there have been reports of Iranian assassination plots against officials in the Trump administration.

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