The United States 2024 Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, on Wednesday revealed that he is facing big threats after receiving warnings from intelligence about potential assassination attempts from Iran. He stated, “Big threats on my life by Iran. The entire U.S. Military is watching and waiting.”
Reports are suggesting that Trump has been informed by US intelligence officials about alleged assassination threats from Iran. “Real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States,” the campaign statement read.
Trump fears the Iranian threat still exists
Big threats on my life by Iran. The entire U.S. Military is watching and waiting. Moves were already made by Iran that didn’t work out, but they will try again. Not a good situation for anyone. I am surrounded by more men, guns, and weapons than I have ever seen before. Thank you…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2024
In an X post, Trump revealed his concern over Iran’s previous unsuccessful move and indicated they may attempt again. He wrote, “Not a good situation for anyone. I am surrounded by more men, guns, and weapons than I have ever seen before.”
However, the former President also expressed gratitude to Congress for unanimously approving additional funding for the Secret Service and highlighted bipartisan support.
His campaign had mentioned that he had been briefed on “real and specific threats” from Iran, stating it could lead to destabilization in the US. Trump called in for extreme measures and urged America to “wipe off Iran off the face of the Earth” if threats materialize.
However, the former President also expressed gratitude to Congress for unanimously approving additional funding for the Secret Service and highlighted bipartisan support.
“Thank you to Congress for unanimously approving far more money to Secret Service – Zero “NO” Votes, strictly bipartisan. Nice to see Republicans and Democrats get together on something.”
Trump pointed out that any attack on a former president of the United States was a ‘death wish for the attacker’. Before the attempted assassinations, people close to the former president disclosed that top officials had repeatedly denied previous requests from Trump’s security team for increased manpower and gear at events, citing a lack of resources.
The Secret Service thwarts two attempts on Trump
How an attempted assassination of a former president affects the outcome of elections is a question that American voters have had to answer twice now. The Secret Service faced fallout and scrutiny after the second attempt on Trump’s life in over two months.
On September 16, acting Director Ronald Rowe vowed to examine the agency’s procedures and strategy closely after the latest threat to Trump. Rowe claimed that the agency’s protective methodologies worked and were sound.
While Rowe believed that the local law enforcement officers at the latest Trump assassination attempt should have identified the shooter before any shots were fired, he expressed his “shame” for the agency’s security lapse that ended up with Trump and two others being injured and a dead attendee.
Rowe took on the role of acting Secret Service director after the disastrous performance of Kimberly Cheatle before House lawmakers led to her resignation as head of the agency.
So far, apparent assassination attempts on former president Trump had been carried out by 58-year-old Ryan Welsey Routh and 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks
Rowe said the agency was understaffed and needed more funds to hire more Secret Service agents because the current team was being overworked. The U.S. intelligence services also alleged that Tehran sought to influence the U.S. elections after Iranian attempts to hack Trump’s campaign were discovered.
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Additional reporting by Ashish Kumar
