Biden Tells Iran Assassinating Trump Would Be an ‘Act of War’

The former president has been in Iran’s crosshairs since he authorized the killing of General Soleimani nearly five years ago.

AP/Evan Vucci
President Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents on stage at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, at Butler, Pennsylvania. AP/Evan Vucci

President Biden has told Iranian officials through backchannels that assassinating President Trump would be viewed as an “act of war,” according to a new report from the Washington Post. The country has reportedly kept a kind of hit list for former Trump administration officials who were part of the 2020 decision to have an Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, killed in an airstrike. 

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