Iran Hatched Fresh Plot to Kill Trump, Israel Told U.S.
Source: The Wall Street Journal.
EXCLUSIVE MIDDLE EAST
Iran Hatched Fresh Plot to Kill Trump, Israel Told U.S.
Israel recently shared new intelligence with the U.S. that they said showed Iran was considering a new plan to assassinate the president, sources say
By Anat Peled, Alexander Ward and Marianne LeVine
July 9, 2026 at 5:31 pm ET

President Trump speaks to members of the press for the first time aboard the new Air Force One. WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES
Israel shared new intelligence with the U.S. that it said indicated a fresh Iranian plan to kill President Trump, people familiar with the matter said, a finding that would mark an escalation in the war between Washington and Iran.
Iran for years has vowed openly to retaliate against Trump for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, who was a top general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in the presidents first term.
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Lovie777
(24,737 posts)it would not surprise me one bit.
ChicagoTeamster
(1,581 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,548 posts)one could see why he might want to keep Trump pissed off and willing to keep a war going. Anything Israel under their own madman says needs a lot of outside verification.
SuzyandPuffpuff
(826 posts)Fuck almighty. Get. Him. Gone. However the fuck...make him and his cast and crew .... GO THE FUCK AWAY
Ritabert
(2,918 posts)paleotn
(23,261 posts)Iran loves dealing with Trump, no way would they want him gone, theyre getting the deal of a lifetime from him.
Joinfortmill
(22,054 posts)usonian
(27,506 posts)They'll probably lean on Saudis to try.
https://www.britannica.com/event/September-11-attacks
I can see why the airplane upgrade. First to the original AF1, then To this:

Unfortunately, great damage to the White House has already been done.

MarineCombatEngineer
(18,324 posts)don't get me wrong, it would be foolish for Iran to try to assassinate Trumpedo, that would give him all the excuse he needed to drop a nuke on Iran, but Trumpedo opened that box when he started assassinating Iran's leaders.
hookaleft
(1,508 posts)He is the most protected man in the world.
MarineCombatEngineer
(18,324 posts)employed suicide bombers in the past through their proxies, Hamas, Hizbollah and a host of other terrorist org.
It wouldn't be easy, but it can be done.
As I said, I hope they don't due to the insanity of Trumpedo and his criminal cabal.
LeftInTX
(35,223 posts)hlthe2b
(115,462 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(5,083 posts)Oddly, never mentioned again by the revenge driven asshole. They must have affected him very deeply.
yourout
(8,930 posts)LeftInTX
(35,223 posts)
A large sign saying We will kill Trump is carried by funeral-goers in Mashhad, Iran, where supreme leader Ali Khamenei was being buried on July 9, 2026. (via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
moonshinegnomie
(4,196 posts)then taking him out is pretty much at the bottom of the list.....
Botany
(78,436 posts)He is a mad man who has killed thousands of Iranians in his unnecessary war to distract from
Epstein. Just for the murder and wounding of all those Iranian school girls and teacher because
Peter Thiels Palantir sold outdated targeting information to the U.S. Military he should be a target
of the Iranians.
jimmil
(645 posts)We should start a Go Fund Me page to help Iran out.
JoseBalow
(10,004 posts)Delete this post.
ChicagoTeamster
(1,581 posts)dflprincess
(29,483 posts)One can certainly see why the Iranians might want to to do this, but I hope they're too smart to do it. The last thing they should want to do is make Trump a martyr & risk getting more of the world on the side of Trump's war.
What has worried me is that those around Trump, who are too cowardly to use the 25th Amendment, may stage another "attempt" on Trump and blame it on the Iranians or whoever the enemy of the day is.
LeftInTX
(35,223 posts)It's easier for them to do something dick-ass that gets other Americans killed
thomski64
(1,029 posts)For example the U S of Aipac did that to Iran. Also established precedent to kidnap a Country's leader as was done to Maduro..so have at it Iran, or jeez anyone else. Seems it's open season.
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SergeStorms
(21,170 posts)The internal pressure from the build-up of hot air will make him explode within 2 minutes.
Fecal matter and Depends shrapnel everywhere. It'll be a bloodbath.
Dan
(5,364 posts)My final thought was Who Cares.
lapfog_1
(32,094 posts)He is the best thing they have going for them in the war.
Kaleva
(40,516 posts)Allies did not support assassination attempts against Hitler because they felt that the war would be shorter with him alive and fucking things up for the Axis.
ffr
(23,462 posts)With any luck, for the Iranians, if he doesn't die of natural causes, there won't anything but talk of the good ol' days, when he and his grifting con artists are through. Why would they do anything but play along with the smelly fly infested decomposing pile of shit?
Bengus81
(10,724 posts)Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
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DrFunkenstein
(8,978 posts)Make your strategic goals affect him personally. His boredom with the war is dangerous for Israel. You don't need the world's leading psychologists to figure out how to play Trump like a fiddle.
Bengus81
(10,724 posts)Notice how much Trump talked to reporters about how he could be killed and the stats on a President being assassinated are high compared to others? Blah,blah.
Now this BS from Bibi?? Better pay attention, mid-terms are just 16 weeks away. We will NOT just cruise to that Tuesday election without this con artist POS pulling some election stunt.
orangecrush
(32,068 posts)flvegan
(66,767 posts)Mysterian
(6,796 posts)They are both utterly corrupted.
the_liberal_grandpa
(358 posts)Would we be shocked? Upset? Would we rally round the flag or .....
LeftInTX
(35,223 posts)OP is paywalled:
Iran has been publicly pledging to assassinate Trump since the US killed Iranian IRGC Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani in 2020, with calls for the US presidents death featuring prominently in the ongoing mourning commemorations for slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
However, two US officials told Channel 12 news that the information related to general dialogue between Iranian officials on potentially assassinating the US president, rather than a specific plot.
The officials said that they believed Israel gave the information to the US to improve ties between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump and to try and influence Washingtons policies on Iran.
Amid the fears of an assassination attempt, Trump unexpectedly left Turkey this week aboard an older Air Force One rather than the newly renovated Qatari-donated jet that brought him there. The New York Times reported that this was done at the recommendation of the US Secret Service as a security precaution.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-reportedly-warned-us-that-iran-devised-a-new-plot-to-assassinate-trump/
Image of the "secret plot"

A large sign saying We will kill Trump is carried by funeral-goers in Mashhad, Iran, where supreme leader Ali Khamenei was being buried on July 9, 2026. (via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
I mean, let's face it. His plane is Qatari...duh...Probably bugged....
Grins
(9,645 posts)He murders the innocent so casually and doesnt think there will be blowback.
After all he did, I wondered whether the next plane flown into a U.S. building(s)would be piloted by an Iranian, Gazan, El Salvadorian, or Venezuelan.