{"id":1330,"date":"2026-07-17T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:30:35","slug":"iran-wants-trump-eliminated-he-just-told-them-exactly-what-happens-if-they-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=1330","title":{"rendered":"Iran Wants Trump Eliminated \u2014 He Just Told Them Exactly What Happens If They Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">Donald Trump has been on Iran\u2019s assassination list since he ordered Qassem Soleimani turned into a crater in 2020. After Operation Midnight Hammer obliterated Iran\u2019s nuclear program and Operation Epic Fury decimated its military and political leadership, the threats haven\u2019t stopped \u2014 they\u2019ve intensified. Banners at Khamenei\u2019s funeral. Assassination plots flagged by Israeli intelligence. The regime that is losing a war it started is increasingly focused on killing the man leading the country that\u2019s winning it.<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s response to all of it is exactly what you\u2019d expect from a man who has survived three assassination attempts and isn\u2019t remotely interested in pretending otherwise: \u201cI\u2019ve left instructions \u2014 if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they\u2019ve never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1972825\" data-uid=\"0ac59\">\n<div id=\"mgw1972825_0ac59\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>Full stop. No diplomatic hedging. No carefully worded statement from the National Security Council. Just a direct, unambiguous promise that Iran\u2019s leaders need to read very carefully before they make the worst decision in the history of their regime.<\/p>\n<p>This is deterrence as it\u2019s supposed to work. The entire logic of deterrence rests on making the cost of action so catastrophically clear that rational actors choose inaction. Trump has done in one sentence what thirty years of State Department communiqu\u00e9s failed to accomplish: he has made the consequences of killing an American president specific, credible, and personal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=UsaFeatures&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2075489618191941762&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2026%2F07%2F10%2Firan-wants-trump-eliminated-he%2F&amp;sessionId=b9779132052e7906691b6f1696ffaa2b3dd45727&amp;siteScreenName=USAFeatures&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2075489618191941762\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBomb them at levels they\u2019ve never seen before.\u201d Iran has already seen quite a bit. Their nuclear sites are rubble. Their air defenses are gone. Their military leadership has been substantially reduced. Whatever comes next, in Trump\u2019s own telling, would make all of that look like a warm-up. Whether that means conventional munitions delivered at unprecedented scale, or something else entirely, is a question Iran\u2019s remaining leadership should think very carefully about.<\/p>\n<p>The succession question is worth acknowledging plainly: if the unthinkable happened, the decision on what \u201clevels they\u2019ve never seen\u201d actually means would fall to Vice President JD Vance. Pre-written instructions carry moral and political weight, but the Commander-in-Chief in that scenario makes the final call. Vance has been consistent on Iran throughout this conflict. Nobody should assume he would be more restrained than Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, the security implications are real and not theoretical. Four years of Biden\u2019s open border policy created a window for Iranian operatives to enter this country. The president\u2019s last-minute switch from the new Air Force One to the existing aircraft at NATO is being read by many observers as a direct response to credible threat intelligence \u2014 and that reading is probably correct.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>Iran is calling. Iran is begging for a deal. And Iran is simultaneously hanging assassination threat banners at its Supreme Leader\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n<p>Only one of those things is new. The threats have been there for six years:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=UsaFeatures&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2075489618191941762&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2026%2F07%2F10%2Firan-wants-trump-eliminated-he%2F&amp;sessionId=b9779132052e7906691b6f1696ffaa2b3dd45727&amp;siteScreenName=USAFeatures&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2075489618191941762\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>He\u2019s right. But now, Trump is making sure Tehran understands the math hasn\u2019t changed. If anything, it\u2019s gotten considerably worse for them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>They should believe him. Three attempts in, he\u2019s still here. The same cannot be said for Soleimani.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has been on Iran\u2019s assassination list since he ordered Qassem Soleimani turned into a crater in 2020. 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