Israel shared intelligence with the United States revealing a new Iranian plot to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to The Wall Street Journal. The revelation, reported on July 9, 2026, arrives at a moment when US-Iran relations were already deteriorating at a remarkable pace.
Trump himself acknowledged the threat during a NATO summit in Ankara, putting a characteristically personal spin on it.
“The Iranians want to take down the leader of the United States, me.”
A pattern, not an isolated incident
This isn’t the first time Iran has allegedly targeted Trump. In 2024, the US Justice Department charged an Iranian man in connection with a prior assassination plot against Trump. And in March 2026, the US military executed a strike that killed the leader of an Iranian unit reportedly linked to those earlier attempts on Trump’s life.
