Trump Pushes Narrative That Iran Is Trying To Kill Him

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Moves were already made by Iran that didn't work out, but they will try again," Trump wrote on X after the briefing.
38% : "From the perspective of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Trump is a criminal who must be prosecuted and punished in a court of law for ordering the assassination of General Soleimani.
30% : Despite the lack of evidence, Trump suggested at a campaign event on Wednesday that Iran might have been involved in the two assassination attempts.
24% : "The claim that Iran is plotting to kill Trump was first made by a CNN report back in July, following the assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was shot and killed by the Secret Service.
24% : But in response to recent allegations, Iran has said Trump should be punished for the killing in a court of law.
23% : The Times report also said there was no evidence that Iran was connected in any way to Ryan Routh, who was arrested on September 15 and recently charged with attempting to assassinate Trump.
22% : "If I were the president, I would inform the threatening country, in this case Iran, that if you do anything to harm this person, we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens," Trump added.
19% : Trump says if he were president, and Iran threatened to harm US leaders, he would be threatening to blow up Iran's largest cities and destroy "the country itself.

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