‘Wipe them off the face of this earth’ – Trump responds to Iranian death threats

President Trump says he has left “very firm instructions” for how the US should respond if he is assassinated, warning Iran will be “hit so hard.”

By World Israel News Staff

President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to threats from Iran suggesting that he could be assassinated over his support for anti-regime protesters, warning Tehran that he has directed the US military to target Iran in the event he is assassinated.

Speaking with Katie Pavlich in an interview with NewsNation, Trump was asked to comment on reports that pro-regime forces in Iran are continuing to kill protesters and to respond to threats by the Iranian government.

“They shouldn’t be doing it,” Trump said, adding that he has already ordered the military to strike Iran in the event that he is assassinated.

“But I have left notification, if anything ever happens… the whole country is going to get blown up.”

Referencing a 2024 assassination plot against him that was linked to Iran, Trump criticized then-President Joe Biden for failing to openly threaten Iran, adding that the US should be committed to retaliating with overwhelming force in the event of an assassination – even one not targeting a sitting president.

“Originally, Biden should have said something, you know, when they made a statement.”

“If I were here and they were making that statement to somebody, even not a president… I would absolutely hit them so hard.”

“But I have very firm instructions, if anything happens, they are going to wipe them off the face of this earth.”

Last week, Iranian state television aired an image of the president which was widely interpreted as a veiled assassination threat.

The graphic showed Trump following the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024, in which he was wounded. The image included the caption “This time it will not miss the target.”