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Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Trump warns US will ‘wipe Iran off the face of this earth’ if it assassinates him
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump says the United States will ‘wipe’ out Iran if the country assassinates him.
“The whole country is going to get blown up,” Trump says in an interview on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight.”
“I have very firm instructions — anything happens, they’re going to wipe them off the face of this earth,” he adds.
Iran on Tuesday warned Trump not to take any action against the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days after the US president called for an end to Khamenei’s nearly 40-year reign.
“Trump knows that if any hand of aggression is extended toward our leader, we not only cut that hand but also we will set fire to their world,” said Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, a spokesperson for Iran’s armed forces.
Trump has previously said he’s given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if the country is behind an assassination of him.
President Trump warned Tuesday that the U.S. would respond forcefully if Iran acts on alleged assassination threats against him. Speaking exclusively with NewsNation’s @KatiePavlich, Trump said, “Anything ever happens, the whole country is going to get blown up." @KatiePavlichNN… pic.twitter.com/JA5YeHc2RE
— NewsNation (@NewsNation) January 21, 2026
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