Donald Trump Responds To Iran Assassination Risk: ‘Big Threats On My Life’

Former President Donald Trump has said there are “big threats” on his life from Iran, after he was briefed by U.S. intelligence on alleged assassination plans.
Federal authorities are investigating two apparent assassination attempts on Trump in recent months. Iranian officials have denied involvement in any plot to assassinate Trump.
Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Big threats on my life by Iran. The entire U.S. Military is watching and waiting. Moves were already made by Iran that didn’t work out, but they will try again. Not a good situation for anyone. I am surrounded by more men, guns, and weapons than I have ever seen before.”
He added: “Thank you to Congress for unanimously approving far more money to Secret Service – Zero ‘NO’ Votes, strictly bipartisan. Nice to see Republicans and Democrats get together on something. An attack on a former President is a Death Wish for the attacker!”
Trump’s campaign said that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence had briefed the former president on Tuesday on the “real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States.”
Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director, said: “Intelligence officials have identified that these continued and coordinated attacks have heightened in the past few months, and law enforcement officials across all agencies are working to ensure President Trump is protected and the election is free from interference.
“Make no mistake, the terror regime in Iran loves the weakness of Kamala Harris, and is terrified of the strength and resolve of President Trump. He will let nothing stop him or get in his way to fight for the American people and to ‘Make America great again.'”
On Tuesday, Ryan Wesley Routh was charged with the attempted assassination of Trump, after he was found on September 15 outside Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a SKS-style assault rifle while the former president was playing golf.
On July 13, an attempt was made on Trump’s life at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump suffered an ear injury in the shooting and the perpetrator Thomas Matthew Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service agents. One audience member was killed in the attack, while two others were seriously injured.
The FBI and other federal agencies said in September that Iran sent unsolicited emails containing material stolen from the Trump election campaign to Joe Biden’s campaign in late June and early July, shortly before the president dropped out of the election and endorsed Vice President Harris.
There is no indication that Biden or Harris responded to Iran or used the information, with the Harris campaign later calling the emails “unwelcome and unacceptable malicious activity.”
The FBI said in a statement that the alleged Iran hacking incident was an example of several different “foreign actors increasing their election influence activities” ahead of the November election.
The statement added: “In particular, Russia, Iran, and China are trying by some measure to exacerbate divisions in U.S. society for their own benefit, and see election periods as moments of vulnerability. Efforts by these, or other foreign actors, to undermine our democratic institutions are a direct threat to the U.S. and will not be tolerated.”
Iranian officials called the hacking accusation “unsubstantiated and devoid of any standing.”
Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham described the alleged Iranian plots as “an act of war,” and said that Iran should “pay a price.”
“I think this is an act of war against the American people,” Graham told Fox News on Tuesday.
“It’s a hostile act. The Iranians have hacked into President Trump’s campaign account [and] his legal team’s account, sharing the information with the American media to undermine our election.”