The CIA has reportedly been warned by Mossad that Iran is planning to assassinate Donald Trump with explosive-laden drones.
The claim comes as the president has not made a public appearance since Wednesday, following a sustained series of rallies ahead of the midterm elections.
Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported that Mossad shared intelligence with the CIA indicating Iran may target Trump. The disclosure comes months after concerns over an assassination plot prompted the president to change planes.
Mossad chief Roman Gofman has held discussions with CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Washington this week.
Senior Israeli and US officials said the alleged plots have hindered peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran in recent days.
According to one senior official, Israeli intelligence believes the plan involves explosive drones.
In early November, Iran displayed a banner reading “We Will Kill Trump” above Enqelab Square in central Tehran.
Earlier this week, reports said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had become the latest cabinet official moved from his Washington, DC, residence amid Iranian threats against his life.
The CIA has reportedly been warned by Mossad that Iran is planning to assassinate Donald Trump with explosive drones
In early November, Iran displayed a banner reading “We Will Kill Trump” above Enqelab Square in central Tehran
Attorney General Todd Blanche, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have also been relocated to military housing.
Trump has not attended a public event for several days. He is expected to travel to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China’s technology hub, for what would be an unprecedented gathering of leaders from the world’s largest nuclear powers.
During the summit, Trump is scheduled to hold trilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Our News Outlet has contacted the White House for comment on the reported plot against the president.
The White House said last night that Trump was receiving regular briefings about the FAA ground stop reported the previous night.
He has continued posting on his Truth Social account throughout Saturday.
Bessent was moved to a military base in recent weeks after intelligence officials determined that the threats against him had reached an advanced stage, The New York Times reported.
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The seriousness of the threats against Bessent remains unclear, but they follow a broader pattern of Iran targeting US officials, including an alleged plan to kill Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Mossad chief Roman Gofman, pictured beside Vice President JD Vance, has held discussions with CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Washington this week
Earlier this week, reports said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had become the latest cabinet official moved from his Washington, DC, residence amid Iranian threats against his life
Bessent has led the administration’s economic campaign against Tehran as Trump confronts Iran.
The Treasury secretary has sought to isolate Iran by restricting trade routes and imposing tougher sanctions.
A Treasury Department spokesperson said Bessent “will not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats” and would continue pursuing the economic campaign against Tehran.
Bessent is among several Trump administration officials who have been moved from Washington housing during the president’s second term.
Bessent outlined what the “offensive” could involve in an op-ed for the Financial Times, directly warning countries that continue doing business with the Islamic Republic.
Calling the effort “Operation Economic Outcast,” Bessent said Trump had been “making phone calls to world leaders with specific requests to cease their interactions” with Iran and had already achieved results.
Trump’s promise to impose an “economic D-Day” on Tehran ultimately became a series of new warnings intended to cut Iran off from the global economy.
When asked why the US had not yet imposed secondary sanctions on Iran’s trading partners, Bessent said he wanted to give those countries time to move away from Tehran before it became too late.
Bessent has linked his own political future to the Iran conflict, privately persuading Trump to replace airstrikes with a sweeping sanctions campaign.
The conflict, however, has no clear endpoint, and the president told aides he expected another bombing campaign after the midterms.
At the same time, rising gas prices have kept inflation persistently elevated, while economic growth has stalled at roughly 2 percent.
A selloff in bonds has pushed the yield on 10-year Treasury notes to its highest point in more than two decades, despite a buyback program Bessent introduced to bring yields down. The benchmark yield reached 5.35 percent on Wednesday, its highest level since 2002.
The deficit has climbed above 6 percent of GDP—twice the 3 percent target Bessent presented to Trump—while the national debt has recently surpassed $40 trillion.
Trump, who reportedly speaks with Bessent almost every day, has continued to support him. At an event in Nevada, he once joked: “I created a monster.”
