Several outlets report that President Donald Trump told the New York Post he has “left instructions” for the United States to strike Iran if he is assassinated. In the accounts, Trump says that if anything happens to him, U.S. forces would carry out attacks “at levels” that Iran has “never seen before,” with phrasing described as “bomb them” at those intensified levels. The reports also describe Trump as saying he has been a target of Iranian threats “for a long time,” rather than indicating a new plot has emerged. NDTV and The Independent frame the comments in the context of Israel’s and the U.S. discussion of Iranian threats, and note that the remarks come amid concern about potential violence and developments related to a ceasefire. Mint similarly reports that Trump indicates there was no newly identified assassination plot while maintaining that Iran has sought his death for years. The sources rely on Trump’s reported remarks to The New York Post and do not provide independent verification of any specific operational plan or timing for the alleged instructions.