President Donald Trump revealed Friday he has left contingency orders for his administration to unleash overwhelming force on Iran if the regime succeeds in killing him.
“Bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before.”
That’s the instruction Trump said he’s left behind should Iran carry out its assassination threats, according to the New York Post. The president acknowledged Iran has targeted him “for a long time,” adding with characteristic defiance: “I hope you’ll miss me.”
“I hope you’ll miss me.”
Trump’s stark warning comes after Israeli intelligence shared details of a new suspected Iranian plot to kill the president, CNN reported. U.S. officials said the details remain unclear and unvetted, and American agencies had not been tracking the alleged plot before Israel’s alert.
Trump tells The Post he’s ‘left instructions’ should Iran succeed in assassinating him: ‘Number 1’ target https://t.co/EPjQubEJYxpic.twitter.com/hEEg8enWgW
— New York Post (@nypost) July 10, 2026
The president downplayed the latest intelligence when asked about it by the Post.
“No, no. Israel came up with nothing. No, no,” he said. “I’ve been No. 1 [on Iran’s kill list] for a long time, and it’s the way life is, you know.”
The threats against Trump are not new. Iranians unfurled a banner reading “WE WILL KILL TRUMP” during burial processions for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the New York Post reported July 9.
In 2021, Khamenei appeared to threaten Trump’s life by reposting an image calling for “vengeance” on X. Iran also vowed revenge against Trump if he was not put on trial for ordering the strike that took out General Qassem Soleimani, Reuters reported in January 2022.
Trump has vowed to continue striking Iran as long as the regime attacks shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The operation has reportedly been dubbed “Operation B**** Slap” by the president’s advisors, according to the New York Post.
“He still wants this thing to be over. But if Iran is shooting at ships, he’s not just gonna sit there and do nothing,” a source close to the White House told the outlet.
Returning from a NATO summit in Turkey Wednesday, Trump said the U.S. would win its war with Iran “very quickly.”
On Friday, Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran over and said the U.S. would keep negotiating an end to the conflict, CBS News reported. The U.S. has already struck 90 Iranian military targets, prompting Iran to threaten retaliation, according to Fox News.
Iran is negotiating from total weakness — and Trump knows it.
