「米国はイランを地球上から消滅させるべき」 トランプ氏

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】米大統領選の共和党候補、ドナルド・トランプ前大統領は２５日、敵対関係にあるイランが自身を暗殺した場合、同国を地球上から消滅させるよう呼び掛けた。（写真は、米大統領選の共和党候補、ドナルド・トランプ前大統領）
　トランプ氏は自身のＳＮＳ「トゥルース・ソーシャル」への投稿で、「彼ら（イラン）が『トランプ大統領暗殺』を実行するなら、それは常に起こり得ることだが、米国がイランを跡形もなく消し去ることを、地球上から消滅させることを願う。そうしないなら、米国の指導部は『腰抜けの臆病者』と見なされるだろう！」と述べた。
　トランプ氏の投稿には、イスラエルのベンヤミン・ネタニヤフ首相が米連邦議会で、イランによるトランプ氏暗殺計画疑惑に言及する動画が添えられていた。
　米メディアは先週、イランによるトランプ氏暗殺計画の情報を米当局が入手したのを受け、米大統領警護隊（シークレットサービス）が数週間前に同氏の警備を強化したと報じた。本件は、最近起きた２０歳の男によるトランプ氏暗殺未遂事件とは無関係だという。
　大統領時代の２０１９年、トランプ氏は類似の発言で議論を呼んだ。トランプ氏はこの時、「米国の何か」を攻撃すれば、イランを「跡形もなく消滅させる」と脅した。トランプ氏が新たな制裁措置を発動したのを受け、イラン当局が両国の外交の道は永遠に閉ざされたと述べた後の発言だった。
　トランプ氏は大統領時代、北朝鮮に対しても「世界がかつて見たことがないような炎と怒り」で脅したが、やがて同国の金正恩朝鮮労働党総書記と友好な関係を築き、しばしば両者の「愛」にさえ言及している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/07/26-19:11）

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday invoked the annihilation of US adversary Iran in a social media post reminiscent of his most incendiary outbursts while in the White House.
If they do 'assassinate President Trump,' which is always a possibility, I hope that America obliterates Iran, wipes it off the face of the Earth ? If that does not happen, American Leaders will be considered 'gutless' cowards! he wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Trump made the remarks alongside a brief video of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu bringing up alleged Iranian plots against Trump in his address to the US Congress on Wednesday.
US media reported last week that the US Secret Service had increased security for Trump weeks ago after authorities learned of an Iranian plot to kill him, although it was not linked to the recent attempt on his life in which a 20-year-old American fired shots during a campaign rally.
CNN reported that US authorities received intelligence from a human source on a plan by Tehran targeting the former president, causing protection to be boosted for Trump. Other US outlets also reported the plot.
But it was not connected to the campaign shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, in which gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire, lightly wounding Trump and killing a rally attendee, they said.
Relations between Washington and Iran have long been strained and reached a breaking point as Tehran sought revenge for the 2020 killing of Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, ordered by Trump when he was president.
The US National Security Council said it had been tracking Iranian threats against former Trump administration officials for years.
Trump's post recalled a controversial episode in 2019 when, as president, he threatened the obliteration of Iran if the country carried out an attack on anything American.
That confrontation came after Iranian officials said the path to diplomacy between the two nations was permanently closed after Trump's new round of sanctions Monday.
As president, he also threatened North Korea with fire and fury like the world has never seen, although he later became friends with the isolated country's dictator, Kim Jong Un, and often referred to their love.