Former President Donald Trump didn't mince words Wednesday at a rally in North Carolina following more reports from security officials that Iran has been plotting to assassinate him.The Office of the Director of National Intelligence met with Trump and his campaign Tuesday, according to a spokesman for DNI.While the agency declined to discuss specifics about the meeting, the former president's campaign said the meeting involved "real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States."During his rally in Mint Hill, North Carolina, Trump echoed that statement and sent a stark warning to the country.Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Sept.
25, 2024, in Mint Hill, N.C.Evan Vucci/AP"If I were the president, I would inform the threatening country, in this case, Iran, that if you do anything to harm this person, we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens.We're going to blow it to smithereens," the former president said to cheers.
"There would be no more threats."MORE: Trump had counter-snipers on day of assassination attempt because of threat, bipartisan report saysTrump blamed the Biden administration for the escalating threats."We don't have that leadership or the necessary people," he said Wednesday.The FBI is still investigating the assassination attempt in July during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where one person was killed, and the apparent assassination attempt that took place earlier this month at the Trump International Golf Club in Florida.Investigators do not have a motive in either of the cases.Before the Butler shooting, the Secret Service increased Trump's security due to intelligence indicating there was an Iranian threat to assassinate the former president, sources told ABC News.Members of the US Secret Service look on as former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives...