Trump Says US Should Wipe Iran ‘Off the Face of the Earth’ If He’s Assassinated

The former president made the comments in a post on Truth Social ahead of his meeting with Netanyahu

Former President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media site Truth Social that the US should wipe Iran “off the face of the earth” if he’s ever assassinated.

After the assassination attempt on Trump, CNN reported that the US had intelligence from a single “human source” that Iran was plotting to kill him. The report offered no evidence, and Iran strongly denied the accusation. But that hasn’t stopped Iran hawks from using the claim to advance their agendas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated the claim during his address to Congress. In his post on Truth Social, Trump included a video of Netanyahu saying, “We recently learned” that Iran was threatening to kill the former president.

“If they do ‘assassinate President Trump,’ which is always a possibility, I hope that America obliterates Iran, wipes it off the face of the Earth — If that does not happen, American Leaders will be considered ‘gutless’ cowards!” Trump wrote.

Screenshot of Donald Trump’s Truth Social post

Trump made the post ahead of his Friday meeting with Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. During Netanyahu’s visit to the resort, Trump denied rumors that his relationship with the Israeli leader ever soured. “We’ve always had a great relationship,” Trump told reporters, according to The Associated Press. “It was never bad.”

According to a readout of the meeting put out on Trump’s official website, Netanyahu thanked the former president for steps he took during his time in office, including the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, which brought the US and Iran to the brink of war.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu thanked President Trump and his Administration for working to promote stability in the region through, among many historic achievements, the Abraham Accords, moving the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, eliminating Qasem Soleimani, ending the horrific Iran Nuclear Deal, as well as combatting anti-Semitism in America and abroad.,” the readout said.

After the meeting, Trump took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris, who met with Netanyahu on Thursday. Israeli officials were reportedly upset with her public remarks after the meeting. Harris pledged strong support for Israel but also said Netanyahu should get a deal with Hamas “done” to “get a ceasefire to end the war.”

“PM Netanyahu of Israel had a terrible and ‘insulting’ meeting in DC with Kamala Harris, who also refused to preside over Congress during his speech, which is an obligation of the VP Rarely has such a thing happened,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. He also said any Jewish Americans who vote for Harris should “have their heads examined.”

Author: Dave DeCamp

Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com, follow him on Twitter @decampdave.