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“Got Him Before He Got Me”: Trump Says Khamenei Plotted His Killing In 2024
Washington, March 2: Two days after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah was killed in Israel-US strikes, President Donald Trump alleged that Ali Khamenei tried to get him killed twice. Trump rejoiced that he got Khamenei first, reported ABC News.
Trump made the comment during a call with Jonathan Karl, Chief Washington Correspondent at ABC News on Sunday evening.
“President Trump told me this about the death of Ayatollah Khamenei: “I got him before he got me. They tried twice. Well I got him first.” That’s a reference to what US intelligence believes was a plot to kill Trump in 2024,” Karl wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
In another phone call this evening, President Trump told me this about the death of Ayatollah Khamenei:
“I got him before he got me. They tried twice. Well I got him first.”
That’s a reference to what US intelligence believes was a plot to kill Trump in 2024.
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) March 2, 2026