The CIA has reportedly been warned by Mossad that Iran is planning to assassinate Donald Trump with explosive drones.
The report comes as the president has not made a public appearance since Wednesday, following a sustained run of rallies ahead of the midterm elections.
Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported that Mossad shared intelligence with the CIA alleging Iran intends to target Trump. The warning comes months after concerns over an assassination plot prompted the president to change planes.
Mossad chief Roman Gofman has reportedly held talks with CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Washington during the past week.
Senior Israeli and US officials said the alleged plots have further complicated peace talks between Washington and Tehran in recent days.
According to a 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, home because of threats to his life allegedly originating from Iran.
Mossad has reportedly warned the CIA that Iran is planning to assassinate Donald Trump with explosive drones
Iran displayed a banner reading “We Will Kill Trump” above Enqelab Square in central Tehran in early November
Attorney General Todd Blanche, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have also been relocated to military housing.
Trump has not appeared at a public event for several days, but he is scheduled to travel to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China’s technology hub. The gathering is expected to bring together leaders of the world’s largest nuclear powers.
While there, Trump is expected to hold trilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Daily Mail 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 updates about the FAA ground stoppage 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 indicated that the threats against him had reached an advanced stage, The New York Times reported.
The seriousness of the threats against Bessent remains unclear, but they fit a broader pattern of Iran allegedly targeting US officials, including an alleged plan to kill Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Mossad chief Roman Gofman, pictured with Vice President JD Vance, has reportedly met CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Washington this week
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was reportedly moved from his Washington, DC, home amid alleged threats from Iran
The Treasury secretary has overseen the US campaign of economic pressure against Tehran during Trump’s confrontation with Iran.
His department 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 one of 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 campaign “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 has translated into new warnings aimed at cutting Iran off from the global economy.
When asked why the US had not imposed secondary sanctions on Iran’s trading partners, Bessent said he wanted to give those countries time to reduce their reliance on Iran before it became too late.
Bessent has linked his own political standing to the conflict with Iran, 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, surging gas prices have kept inflation stubbornly high, while economic growth has slowed to about 2 percent.
A selloff in bonds has also pushed the yield on 10-year Treasury notes to its highest level in more than two decades, despite a buyback program Bessent introduced to contain the rise. The benchmark yield reached 5.35 percent on Wednesday, its highest point since 2002.
The deficit has climbed above 6 percent of GDP—twice the 3 percent target Bessent presented to Trump—and the national debt recently surpassed $40 trillion.
Trump, who reportedly speaks with Bessent almost every day, has only brought him closer, once joking at an event in Nevada: “I created a monster.”