Plenty of people want to see Trump gone for good. And their threats are escalating.
Now an attempt on Donald Trump’s life shut down the White House.
Netanyahu’s Explosive Claims on Iran’s Role in Trump Assassination Attempts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview with Fox News’ Brett Baier, pointed the finger at Iran for masterminding two failed assassination attempts on President Trump during his 2024 campaign.
Framing Iran as a global menace, Netanyahu argued the regime’s actions were driven by Trump’s staunch opposition to their nuclear ambitions, delivering a stark warning about the stakes of inaction.
“These people who chant, ‘Death to America,’ tried to assassinate President Trump twice,” Netanyahu declared, pressing his case for retaliatory strikes against Iran following a weekend of missile exchanges between the two nations.
He painted a chilling picture, asking, “Do you want these people to have nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to your cities?” before answering his own question: “Of course not. So we’re defending ourselves, but we’re also defending the world.”
Iran’s Alleged Proxy War and Trump as the Prime Target
When Baier pressed for evidence, visibly stunned by the gravity of the accusation, Netanyahu doubled down, claiming Iran operated through proxies and intelligence networks to target Trump.
“Through proxies, yes,” he said. “Through their intel, yes. They want to k*ll him.” While U.S. agencies have yet to publicly link Iran to the plots, Trump himself hinted at their involvement in a September speech, though Iranian leaders have consistently denied any role.
Netanyahu lightened the tone briefly, quipping that he too was a target but merely a “junior partner” to Trump, whom he described as Iran’s ultimate adversary.
“They understand that President Trump is a great threat to Iran’s plans to weaponize nuclear weapons and use them,” he said, emphasizing the high stakes of the alleged Iranian scheme.
Details of the 2024 Assassination Attempts on Trump
The accusations come against the backdrop of two harrowing incidents during Trump’s 2024 campaign.
In September, Ryan Routh was apprehended at Trump International Golf Club, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, in a foiled assassination plot. Just a month earlier, in Butler, Pennsylvania, Thomas Matthew Crooks, an engineering student, fired a shot that grazed Trump’s ear, missing a fatal hit by inches.
“The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle,” Trump recounted to the New York Post in July.
“I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead.” Crooks was neutralized by a Secret Service sniper, while Routh later penned a strange letter from jail, railing against America’s “two-party system” and linking himself to Crooks.
In November, federal authorities alleged an unnamed Iranian Revolutionary Guard agent enlisted Farhad Shakeri, 51, to surveil and assassinate Trump, with funding reportedly no object.
Netanyahu’s claims, while unconfirmed by U.S. intelligence, amplify the narrative of Iran’s aggressive tactics and fuel calls for a robust response.
