U.S. President Donald Trump said he has already issued instructions on what the United States should do if Iran succeeds in assassinating him. In an interview with the New York Post on Friday, Trump claimed that Iran has been trying to kill him for a long time and that he remains one of Tehran’s main targets. He warned that if such an attempt were successful, the U.S. would launch an unprecedented attack on Iran.

Trump reiterated that Tehran has sought to eliminate him for years and expressed hope that people would feel his absence if that happened. According to Israeli intelligence cited by CNN, Iran recently developed a new plan to assassinate Trump. The president has repeatedly hinted that any such act would trigger a devastating U.S. military response, referencing his February 2025 executive order imposing “maximum pressure” on Iran.

Returning from a NATO summit in Turkey, Trump claimed he tops Iran’s “kill list” but downplayed reports of new Israeli findings, saying he has long been their number-one target.