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Trump tells The Post he's 'left instructions' should Iran succeed in assassinating its 'No. 1' target

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President Trump on Friday told The Post he has "left instructions" should Iran succeed in their plots to assassinate him — and there'll be hell to pay. "I've been on their list for a long time. That's what we're dealing with," he said. "… The only thing is, I've left instructions — if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they've never seen before." Asked about recent reports that Israel this week flagged intel of a plot to take out the US president, Trump indicated there was no fresh plan from Iran — but said Tehran has wanted him dead for years. "No, no. Israel came up with nothing. No, no," he said. "I've been No. 1 [on Iran's kill list] for a long time, and it's the way life is, you know." "I hope you'll miss me," he added. During the funeral for the killed supreme leader, Iranian demonstrators unfurled giant banners calling for Trump's killing. Mourners at the burial of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hold a banner that reads "Hey TRUMP We will kill You". "Why shouldn't we kill the one who killed my imam and my leader?" a eulogist at one of the memorial events said this week, according to Iranian media. "Trump's killing is our duty. … Why is the most despicable man in the world still alive?" "They had leaders, they're gone. Then they had another set of leaders, they're gone. Now they have another set of leaders — they may be gone, who knows?" Trump said at the summit. "And you know what? I may be gone too. Because I'm their No. 1 target — it's out all over the place. Because they're scum."