President Joe Biden has reportedly warned Iran that the assassination of former President Donald Trump would be considered an act of war.
Biden's warning is likely to dampen the sentiments of Vice President Kamala Harris, who has not publicly warned or reprimanded Iran over the plot to assassinate President Trump, who recently said Iran is the United States' “greatest enemy.” ”.
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President Trump previously said, “Iran has already taken action and it didn't work, but they will try again.'' Posted In true social.
fox news reported On Biden's warning against Iran:
president biden The National Security Council has reportedly directed Iran to make clear that any attempt on former President Trump's life would be considered an act of war.
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In an interview with Fox News Digital last month, the White House declined to say whether Biden believed killing Trump would be an act of war, but did keep the Trump team informed about the Iranian threat assessment. I promised to keep doing it.
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The United States took unprecedented steps to protect the former president from Iranian retaliation for the 2020 killing of General Qassem Soleimani. According to Politico, about $150 million a year is spent protecting officials such as former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former U.S. Central Command commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie.
“We consider this a top national and homeland security priority and strongly condemn these brazen threats from Iran,” National Security Council spokesman Sean Savitt said in a statement. continued.
We ensured that the appropriate agencies continuously and rapidly provided evolving threat information to the former President's security details. Additionally, President Biden reiterated his directive that the U.S. secret services should provide all necessary resources, capabilities, and protections to address evolving threats to the former president.
Biden's warning comes after Trump's pushed Biden told Iran in September that it would be “smashed to pieces” if it targeted U.S. politicians.
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President Trump said on the campaign trail: “If I were president, if you do anything to harm a country that is a threat, in this case Iran, if you do anything that would harm this person, we will attack your greatest city and country.'' They will announce that they will blow themselves to pieces.” Event in North Carolina.
President Trump said, “You know, there have been two assassination attempts on my life that we know about, and Iran may or may not have been involved, but it's likely that Iran was involved.'' It's possible, but we don't really know.”
“Meanwhile, the president of Iran is in our country this week, with a large security force guarding him, and they are threatening our former president and a leading candidate for the next president of the United States,” Trump said. added.
