DAMN😳: Iran orchestrated multiple assassination attempts against President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo throughout 2024, dramatically altering campaign security protocols, according to a forthcoming book "2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America."

Iran nearly succeeded in assassinating Pompeo at a European hotel in 2022, a previously undisclosed incident detailed in the book. In September 2024, intelligence officials briefed President Trump at Mar-a-Lago that Iran had multiple hit teams inside the country. Six weeks later, authorities allegedly arrested an "Iranian asset" tasked with surveilling and assassinating President Trump.

The Iranian assassination campaign stems from President Trump's 2020 killing of Qasem Soleimani. Iranian officials have publicly vowed revenge for Soleimani's death.

The threats prompted extraordinary security changes on the campaign trail. Security officials effectively transformed Mar-a-Lago into an armed camp and persuaded President Trump to travel in a decoy plane owned by Steve Witkoff. Secret Service agents started flying decoy planes and driving down the runway behind President Trump as he took off as extra precautions in case someone were to shoot at the jet.

During one trip, campaign staff boarded President Trump's plane expecting…. READ MORE 👇

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