Following three assassination attempts, the president has begun talking more about death, recently announcing that he’d “left instructions” to bomb Iran “if anything happens” to him.“The life of a president is very dangerous,” Trump mused in Ankara, Turkey, this month.Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesJuly 16, 2026, 12:36 PM EDTWASHINGTON — At 78 years old, President Donald Trump became the oldest president ever to be inaugurated, and he turned 80 last month. After a gunman targeted him at a campaign rally two summers ago, he started to openly reflect on his own mortality, an apparent recognition that he could be assassinated while in office.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.