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Rhiannon12866

(262,250 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 11:59 PM Saturday

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 Saturday OP
So entitled. He can launch a decapitation strike on Iran's leadership, but he's special somehow. surfered Yesterday #1
Didn't that strike by Israel and the USofAipac thomski64 Yesterday #5
It's not just you. It's Trump's hubris. surfered Yesterday #6
I think instead of bombs buzzycrumbhunger Yesterday #2
If a magat shoots him will they bomb them all? 🤔 Dave Bowman Yesterday #3
If Iran should assassinate Trump, what should we do? surfered Yesterday #4

surfered

(15,448 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
Yesterday

Draft dodger’s courage.

thomski64

(1,031 posts)
5. Didn't that strike by Israel and the USofAipac
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:30 AM
Yesterday

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

(15,448 posts)
4. If Iran should assassinate Trump, what should we do?
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:24 AM
Yesterday

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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