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Rhiannon12866

(262,200 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 11:59 PM 9 hrs ago

Trump on alleged Iran assassination plot: 'I've left instructions...bomb them all' - CNN Smerconish



Trump was asked by the New York Post about reporting that Iran had recently devised a new plot to assassinate him, according to Israeli intelligence. He told them, "I've left instructions. If anything happens to just literally bomb them all at all, at levels that they've never seen before." - Aired on 07/11/2026.
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Trump on alleged Iran assassination plot: 'I've left instructions...bomb them all' - CNN Smerconish (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 9 hrs ago OP
So entitled. He can launch a decapitation strike on Iran's leadership, but he's special somehow. surfered 9 hrs ago #1
Didn't that strike by Israel and the USofAipac thomski64 8 hrs ago #5
It's not just you. It's Trump's hubris. surfered 8 hrs ago #6
I think instead of bombs buzzycrumbhunger 9 hrs ago #2
If a magat shoots him will they bomb them all? 🤔 Dave Bowman 9 hrs ago #3
If Iran should assassinate Trump, what should we do? surfered 8 hrs ago #4

surfered

(15,378 posts)
1. So entitled. He can launch a decapitation strike on Iran's leadership, but he's special somehow.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:04 AM
9 hrs ago

Draft dodger’s courage.

thomski64

(1,028 posts)
5. Didn't that strike by Israel and the USofAipac
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:30 AM
8 hrs ago

Sort of establish a " it's okay to kill a leader " policy?? As Steven Miller explained in his little bitch tirade, there is no international law, outside of might makes right. And doesn't he just increasingly look like Gollum or is it just me?

surfered

(15,378 posts)
4. If Iran should assassinate Trump, what should we do?
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:24 AM
8 hrs ago

Go to all out war or just ignore it? We killed your top guy, you killed our top guy. Let’s call it even and come to an agreement.

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