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The president made the comment a stop through the Israeli prime minister, and signed an executive order to accentuate a crusade to convince Iran to give up its nuclear program.
By David E. Sanger
David E. Sanger has six presidencies and, for more than two decades, has reported on the nuclear program of the Iran State.
President Trump said Tuesday that he had “left instructions” so that they will go “erased” if his murderers killed him, the day he signed a decree that restored his crusade of “maximum pressure” opposite to Tehran.
Mr. Trump’s comments came here in reaction to a journalist’s query, however, the query more than hypothetical: just after Mr. Trump’s election, the Justice Department indicted several men who, according to Himarray, had heard Trump killed in September. One of the plotters said he went in September to make the plan through the framework of the Islamic Revolution Guards, Iran’s elite army unit, prosecutors said in court papers.
“If they did, they would be erased,” Mr. Trump on Tuesday. That would be the end. I left instructions. If they do, they are deleted. There will be nothing left. “
He added: “Biden has said it, but he never did it. “
In fact, experts say, a president cannot leave instructions for military action after his death. That decision would have to be made by his successor, who would then be commander in chief.
The issue came up as Mr. Trump, who has said he is willing to revive negotiations with Iran, signed an executive order whose details were not immediately released by the White House. As a result, it is not clear what form the pressure campaign might take. But Mr. Trump professed to be hesitant to sign it.
“So he’s the one I’m attracted to,” she told reporters. “Everyone needs me to indicate it. I’ll do that. ” But he said he was “dissatisfied to do it. “
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