‘1000 Missiles Locked and Loaded’: Trump Issues Chilling Warning to Iran Over Assassination Plot
President Donald Trump has issued a stark and unequivocal warning to Iran, declaring that the United States would “decimate and destroy” the country if Tehran carries out an assassination attempt against him. In a fiery Truth Social post on Friday, Trump revealed that he has already directed the U.S. military to prepare for a massive retaliatory strike, stating, “1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow.” The president’s warning comes just one day after The Wall Street Journal reported that Israeli intelligence had alerted U.S. officials to a new Iranian plot targeting Trump. Speaking earlier this week at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Trump declared, “I’m No. 1 on the kill list for Iran,” and told the New York Post that he has left standing instructions to bomb Iran “at levels that they’ve never seen before” should an assassination attempt succeed. The heightened tensions follow the recent funeral of Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, where mourners repeatedly called for Trump’s death.
The threats have prompted the U.S. Secret Service to recommend that Trump travel aboard the older Air Force One rather than the newly retrofitted Boeing 747 donated by Qatar, as a security precaution amid renewed hostilities with Iran. While the White House has not confirmed whether the aircraft change is directly linked to specific intelligence, Communications Director Steven Cheung emphasized that “there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats.”
The president’s warning marks a dramatic escalation in rhetoric as Iran continues to seek retribution for Trump’s 2020 military strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, and as the world watches to see whether Tehran will heed the president’s forceful message—or test the resolve of a nation bracing for conflict.
