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mahatmakanejeeves

(71,862 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:00 PM Thursday

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 president’s first term.

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Iran Hatched Fresh Plot to Kill Trump, Israel Told U.S. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Thursday OP
Are the betting markets going to start with odds.................... Lovie777 Thursday #1
Aren't Netanyahu's sons behind polymarket ChicagoTeamster Thursday #14
Trump deserves it, but as long as Netanyahu needs to hold power to avoid his own criminal trials problems, Attilatheblond Thursday #2
Just do it SuzyandPuffpuff Thursday #3
I don't believe a word of it. They're always stirring the pot. Ritabert Thursday #4
At this point, I'd have a hard time believing Tel Aviv if they told us water is wet. paleotn Thursday #9
Yes! Ritabert Thursday #17
Agree Johnny2X2X Friday #36
Promises, promises. Joinfortmill Thursday #5
Bet against that. IRG are trash. usonian Thursday #6
What's good for the goose is good for the gander, MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #7
How in the hell are they going to assassinate him? hookaleft Thursday #12
If an assassin is willing to die, then anyone can be gotten to, and we know that Iran has MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #13
They will die before they can do anything. LeftInTX Friday #25
There is always a weakness. And Trump's ignorance and arrogance is but one of those factors. hlthe2b Thursday #21
There have already been several "assassination attempts" MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #22
Send him about 10,000 Big Macs. yourout Friday #30
Like this: LeftInTX Friday #41
of all the thing si could be concerend about moonshinegnomie Thursday #8
I don't blame them. Botany Thursday #10
Perhaps..... jimmil Thursday #11
Do yourself a favor, amigo JoseBalow Thursday #16
Are we sure it's true? But, Trump and Netanyahu did target and kill Iranian leadership and their families ChicagoTeamster Thursday #15
That's what I wonder dflprincess Thursday #18
A plot is a plot. They wouldn't follow through with it to be a plot. LeftInTX Thursday #20
There is established precedent for killing other people's leadership thomski64 Friday #27
This message was self-deleted by its author lastlib Thursday #19
Super-glue his lips together. SergeStorms Friday #23
My first thought was Who Cares! My second thought was Israel lies. Dan Friday #24
Why in the hell would Iran kill Trump lapfog_1 Friday #26
Why? Trump is an asset to Iran Kaleva Friday #28
🤣🤣🤣 Who is going to believe that, MAGAtts? Trump is destroying America from within, Iran's pipe dream! ffr Friday #29
Coming from Bibi about his war criminal bud Trump? Yeah and the moon is square. Bengus81 Friday #31
This message was self-deleted by its author Blumancru Friday #32
This Is The Only Effective Argument To Use With Trump DrFunkenstein Friday #33
This pump priming shit for a FAKE ASS assassination attempt in of course..October Bengus81 Friday #34
Of course they did orangecrush Friday #35
Sure, Jan. n/t flvegan Friday #37
I can't believe a word coming from the U.S. or Israeli governments Mysterian Friday #38
What would happen if they did take him out? the_liberal_grandpa Friday #39
They've been plotting to kill him since 2020. Nothing new. Nothing burger. LeftInTX Friday #40
Blowback is the CIA's word for it. Grins Friday #42

Lovie777

(24,737 posts)
1. Are the betting markets going to start with odds....................
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:05 PM
Thursday

it would not surprise me one bit.

Attilatheblond

(9,548 posts)
2. Trump deserves it, but as long as Netanyahu needs to hold power to avoid his own criminal trials problems,
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:06 PM
Thursday

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)
3. Just do it
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:12 PM
Thursday

Fuck almighty. Get. Him. Gone. However the fuck...make him and his cast and crew .... GO THE FUCK AWAY

Johnny2X2X

(24,637 posts)
36. Agree
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:46 AM
Friday

Iran loves dealing with Trump, no way would they want him gone, they’re getting the deal of a lifetime from him.

usonian

(27,506 posts)
6. Bet against that. IRG are trash.
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:20 PM
Thursday

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)
7. What's good for the goose is good for the gander,
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:25 PM
Thursday

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.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,324 posts)
13. If an assassin is willing to die, then anyone can be gotten to, and we know that Iran has
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:59 PM
Thursday

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.

hlthe2b

(115,462 posts)
21. There is always a weakness. And Trump's ignorance and arrogance is but one of those factors.
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 11:20 PM
Thursday

MorbidButterflyTat

(5,083 posts)
22. There have already been several "assassination attempts"
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 11:40 PM
Thursday

Oddly, never mentioned again by the revenge driven asshole. They must have affected him very deeply.

LeftInTX

(35,223 posts)
41. Like this:
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:59 PM
Friday

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)
8. of all the thing si could be concerend about
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:25 PM
Thursday

then taking him out is pretty much at the bottom of the list.....

Botany

(78,436 posts)
10. I don't blame them.
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 08:42 PM
Thursday

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 Thiel’s Palantir sold outdated targeting information to the U.S. Military he should be a target
of the Iranians.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,581 posts)
15. Are we sure it's true? But, Trump and Netanyahu did target and kill Iranian leadership and their families
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 09:01 PM
Thursday

dflprincess

(29,483 posts)
18. That's what I wonder
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 10:01 PM
Thursday

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)
20. A plot is a plot. They wouldn't follow through with it to be a plot.
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 10:26 PM
Thursday

It's easier for them to do something dick-ass that gets other Americans killed

thomski64

(1,029 posts)
27. There is established precedent for killing other people's leadership
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 01:38 AM
Friday

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.

Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

SergeStorms

(21,170 posts)
23. Super-glue his lips together.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:29 AM
Friday

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)
24. My first thought was Who Cares! My second thought was Israel lies.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:58 AM
Friday

My final thought was Who Cares.

Kaleva

(40,516 posts)
28. Why? Trump is an asset to Iran
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 01:54 AM
Friday

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)
29. 🤣🤣🤣 Who is going to believe that, MAGAtts? Trump is destroying America from within, Iran's pipe dream!
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 01:56 AM
Friday

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?

Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

DrFunkenstein

(8,978 posts)
33. This Is The Only Effective Argument To Use With Trump
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:56 AM
Friday

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)
34. This pump priming shit for a FAKE ASS assassination attempt in of course..October
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:04 AM
Friday

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.

Mysterian

(6,796 posts)
38. I can't believe a word coming from the U.S. or Israeli governments
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 10:48 AM
Friday

They are both utterly corrupted.

39. What would happen if they did take him out?
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 10:59 AM
Friday

Would we be shocked? Upset? Would we rally round the flag or .....

LeftInTX

(35,223 posts)
40. They've been plotting to kill him since 2020. Nothing new. Nothing burger.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:56 PM
Friday

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 president’s 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 Washington’s 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)
42. Blowback is the CIA's word for it.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 01:15 PM
Friday

He murders the innocent so casually and doesn’t 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.

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