President Trump left instructions to “obliterate” Iran in the event that he was assassinated by the Islamic republic, he said in the Oval Office today.
Trump signed an order to impose maximum pressure to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. He said he was reluctant to further punish the pariah state and hoped to see relations between the two countries improve.
Asked about Iranian threats to his life, and to other US officials, Trump said: “I’ve left instructions. If they do it, they get obliterated. There won’t be anything left, and they shouldn’t be able to do it,” he said. “And Biden should have said that, but he never did. I don’t know why. Lack of intelligence, perhaps.”
Last September Trump said he had been notified by US intelligence of “big threats” from Iran. The US also determined that Tehran tried to “sabotage” Trump’s presidential campaign.
