Latest / Fresh Intelligence / Donald Trump Brags 'I Got Him First' After Killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in Attack
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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Donald Trump claimed he preemptively eliminated Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollahamene before Hamanay could carry out an alleged plot against him in 2024, Radar Online.com reports.
- 0:28[SPEAKER_00]: During a discussion with ABC News correspondent Jonathan Carl on March 1, Trump stated, I got him before he got me.
- 0:35[SPEAKER_00]: They tried twice.
- 0:37[SPEAKER_00]: Well I got him first, referring to Hamanay, who was reported dead on February 28.
- 0:42[SPEAKER_00]: In November 2024, an individual named Farhod Shakeri was arrested in connection with a purported assassination plan against Trump, alongside New Yorker's Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Lothold.
- 0:53[SPEAKER_00]: Former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced charges against Shakeri, who was said to be directing a network of operatives for Iranian regime assassination plots, including targeting Trump.
- 1:04[SPEAKER_00]: Garland emphasized, we will not stand for the Iranian regime's attempts to endanger the American people and America's national security.
- 1:11[SPEAKER_00]: After reports of the assassination plot, the Trump administration developed contingency plans.
- 1:16[SPEAKER_00]: In a February 2025 interview, Trump remarked, if they did that, they would be obliterated.
- 1:22[SPEAKER_00]: That would be the end.
- 1:23[SPEAKER_00]: I've left instructions.
- 1:25[SPEAKER_00]: He added, if they do it, they get obliterated.
- 1:28[SPEAKER_00]: There won't be anything left.
- 1:30[SPEAKER_00]: On the weekend, the United States and Israel initiated coordinated bombing efforts against Iran.
- 1:35[SPEAKER_00]: Trump announced on truth social that the heavy and pinpoint bombing will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week, asserting it aimed for peace throughout the Middle East and, indeed, the world.
- 1:46[SPEAKER_00]: He warned that retaliation from Iran would be disastrous.
- 1:49[SPEAKER_00]: If they do, we will hit them with a force that has never been seen before, he claimed.
- 1:54[SPEAKER_00]: The following day, Trump revealed that U.S. forces destroyed and sunk nine substantial Iranian naval ships.
- 2:00[SPEAKER_00]: Explaining the strikes, he indicated the motivation stemmed from Iran's refusal to cease nuclear weapons development.
- 2:06[SPEAKER_00]: They weren't willing to stop their nuclear research.
- 2:09[SPEAKER_00]: They weren't willing to say they will not have a nuclear weapon.
- 2:12[SPEAKER_01]: Very simple.