President Donald Trump told the New York Post on Friday, July 10, 2026, that he has ordered officials to “literally bomb” Iran on a scale it has “never seen before” if the Islamic Republic succeeds in killing him. He said he has been on Iran’s list for years and insisted that, should an assassination occur, he has left instructions for overwhelming retaliatory strikes.
Asked about a reported new Iranian plot that Israel had warned about, Trump denied there were fresh plans, but repeated his long-standing claim that Iran has wanted him dead. “I’ve been No. 1 [on Iran’s kill list] for a long time,” he told the Post, adding, “I hope you’ll miss me.” He also said he had seen intelligence placing him on “every single one of their lists” and conceded, “I may be gone too.”
The remarks came after Trump altered his travel plans returning from the NATO summit in Ankara — a move the White House later said was a security tactic. Trump has been a target for Tehran since he ordered the U.S. operation that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, the article notes.
Trump also declared a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran “over,” harshly criticized Iranian negotiators as “scum,” and said he no longer trusted talks to produce results. He made those comments in the wake of what the piece described as U.S. attacks on 80 sites in Iran, saying, “They’re vicious, violent people… so far as I’m concerned, it’s over.”
At Tehran’s Grand Mosalla, the report said, funeral crowds and some posters carried chants and slogans calling for the assassination of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The article frames Trump’s statements as occurring while both countries were, according to the piece, nominally pursuing a peace deal, and highlights how the threats and retaliatory rhetoric are complicating any diplomatic path forward.
Original Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bomb-them-donald-trump-says-hes-left-instructions-if-iran-assassinates-him-11755910#publisher=newsstand
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Publish Date: 2026-07-11 00:29:00
