The U.S. received multiple warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran was planning to assassinate President Donald Trump, including one issued before a secret Air Force One ruse in Türkiye.
U.S. intelligence officials were unable to independently verify the threats, according to a current U.S. official and two former officials familiar with the matter.
The warnings, which were shared with U.S. intelligence agencies and, in some cases, conveyed directly by Israeli officials to senior White House officials, included alleged plans to shoot Trump with a sniper or recruit an attacker to stab him at a large public event, the sources said.
The warnings began in the lead-up to the 12-day war in June 2025 and became more frequent before the United States decided to enter the war with Iran in February, according to the sources.
The most detailed warning came ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara in July, the U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter said. Israeli officials briefed the White House on intelligence suggesting that Iran could attempt to kill Trump while he was traveling aboard Air Force One to the summit, potentially using a shoulder-launched missile, the officials said.
