Trump Claimed Iranian Authorities Tried To Assassinate Him Twice

• 2.03.2026, 10:08

The U.S. president said he had "gotten" Iranian authorities "before".

US President Donald Trump has said that Iranian authorities, namely Supreme Leader (Rahbar) and Commander-in-Chief Ali Khamenei, tried to assassinate him twice. The American leader revealed this during a phone conversation with ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl, the latter reported in X.

"I got him before he got me. They tried twice. Well, I got him first," Trump said of Khamenei.

Karl said it was a reference to what U.S. intelligence believed was a plot to assassinate Trump in 2024.