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Trump Says Iran Faces ‘Total Obliteration’ If It Assassinates Him

Trump said he’s ‘left instructions’ for the United States to take out Iran if the regime kills him.
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Trump Says Iran Faces ‘Total Obliteration’ If It Assassinates Him
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on Feb. 3, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Feb. 4 that the state of Iran will be annihilated if it assassinates him.

“It would be called total obliteration,” he told reporters in the Oval Office in response to a question about what would happen if Iran’s Islamic regime or its proxies kill him.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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