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Trump declares himself Iran’s ‘number one target’
- The "Kill List" Claim: Trump asserted that because the U.S. has repeatedly eliminated Iranian leaders, he has become their primary target. He bluntly remarked, "They had another set of leaders, they’re gone... and you know what, I may be gone too, because I'm their number one target." [1, 2]
- Dismissing Security Fears: When questioned about potential security risks regarding his travel arrangements, Trump brushed off personal danger, stating that the presidency is a "very dangerous profession" but that he is simply doing his job. He jokingly contrasted it by noting he prefers being "No. 1 on TikTok" over being "No. 1 on the list for killing."
Trump declares himself Iran’s ‘number one target’

US President Donald Trump has warned he could be assassinated by Iran, claiming that Tehran considers him its “number one target.” His comments came as a tentative ceasefire between Washington and Tehran collapsed, with fighting flaring up anew around the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump made the remarks at a NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, after the US struck dozens of Iranian targets in retaliation for alleged attacks on oil tankers in the strait. While the US military accused Tehran of “unwarranted aggression,” Iranian media, citing government sources, said that one of the tankers had ignored warnings, stressing that Iran should approve all passages.
Following the attacks, Trump branded the Iranian leadership “scum”, “sick,” and “cuckoo,” declared the ceasefire “over,” and called continued negotiations “a waste of time.”
At the summit, Trump also alluded to the role the US had played in the targeted assassinations of the Iranian leadership. “They had leaders. They’re gone. And they had another set of leaders. They’re gone. Now they have another set of leaders. They may be gone,” he said.
The US president noted, “I may be gone, too, because I’m their number one target.” “That’s the way they act,” he added, claiming that he is doing “what’s right for the country”.
US authorities accused Iran of plotting to kill Trump as early as before the 2024 presidential election, claiming that a man named Farhad Shakeri – an Afghan national residing in Tehran – was tasked with “providing a plan” to kill not only the Republican but also other US and Israeli citizens.
At the time, Tehran rejected the accusations as “completely baseless” and dismissed them as “a malicious conspiracy orchestrated by Zionist and anti-Iranian circles, aimed at further complicating the issues between the US and Iran.”
However, Iran has repeatedly vowed “harsh retaliation” against Trump and other US officials involved in the January 2020 drone strike that killed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Qasem Soleimani.
Over the past several years, Trump has been targeted in several assassination attempts. He was hit in the ear by a bullet fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, an attack that killed one rally-goer before Crooks was shot dead by a Secret Service sniper. Two months later, a man was arrested after being spotted with a rifle near Trump’s golf course in Florida.
In April 2026, Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were rushed from the Washington Hilton after gunfire broke out at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, was later charged with attempting to assassinate the president.
China alleges secret data-sharing mechanism in Anthropic’s Claude AI

China has accused Anthropic’s AI coding tool Claude Code of containing “security backdoor vulnerabilities” capable of transmitting sensitive user information without consent, warning the mechanism poses a “serious security risk.”
Claude Code, developed by the US startup with close ties to the Pentagon, is an AI-powered coding assistant that helps developers write, edit, debug, and understand code using natural-language prompts. Because it runs inside a developer’s terminal rather than a browser, it can access source code and other files the user chooses to share.
In a risk advisory issued on Wednesday, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s (MIIT) cybersecurity threat platform NVDB said it had identified a potential security risk in several recent Claude Code versions. According to NVDB, they contain a “built-in monitoring mechanism” that automatically transmits users’ geographic location, identity identifiers, and other sensitive data to remote servers without consent.
The MIIT described the alleged mechanism as a potentially malicious feature that could pose privacy, security, and intellectual property risks, as AI coding assistants are often used on proprietary software and other sensitive codebases. It urged users to review affected systems, uninstall the vulnerable versions, or upgrade to a release with the alleged backdoor removed.
It also called for tighter controls on outbound network access for development tools and stronger traffic monitoring to prevent unauthorized data transmission.
Anthropic has not publicly responded to the advisory.
China’s relationship with Anthropic has been contentious. While the company prohibits Chinese firms and their foreign affiliates from using Claude under regional and national security restrictions, reports say Chinese researchers and engineers continue to access it via overseas proxies. Since February, Anthropic has accused Alibaba and several other Chinese AI labs of illegally “distilling” its models to train competing systems.
The advisory followed claims posted on Reddit last week that Anthropic had secretly “embedded spyware in Claude Code” to identify users illegally accessing the service from China.
Hi, this is an experiment we launched in March that was meant to prevent account abuse from unauthorized resellers and protect against distillation.
— Thariq (@trq212) June 30, 2026
The team has landed stronger mitigations since then and we’ve actually been meaning to take this down for a while. We merged the…
Anthropic employee Thariq responded on X that the code was part of an “experiment” launched “to prevent account abuse from unauthorized resellers and protect against distillation,” adding that the company planned to remove the mechanism in the July 2 release.
Anthropic has also faced controversy in the US. While the company has highlighted safeguards around its AI – recently withholding its Claude Mythos model over fears it could expose critical software vulnerabilities and resisting Pentagon requests to relax restrictions on surveillance and autonomous weapons – its technology has reportedly been integrated into Palantir’s analysis and surveillance software used by US government agencies.
During the US war on Iran, the software reportedly identified an elementary school in Minab as a target. A subsequent US strike killed nearly 160 people, but Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued that the use of Claude did not violate the company’s “red lines,” claiming “a human made that final call.”
US to let Ukraine produce Patriot interceptor missiles – Trump

The US could grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot anti-aircraft missiles, President Donald Trump has said during a meeting with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Türkiye. He maintained, however, that Washington would not supply the missiles directly.
Ukraine has been heavily dependent on weapons from its Western backers throughout most of its conflict with Russia, which is now in its fifth year. Zelensky has repeatedly blamed the West for arms shortages and delays in deliveries, while constantly demanding more aid, including Patriot missiles, saying Ukraine does not have enough interceptors to counter Russian airstrikes.
“We’re going to give a license to you to make Patriots. That’s pretty cool. This way, you can’t complain that we’re not giving them enough,” Trump told Zelensky during a meeting in Ankara on Wednesday.
“It’s a defensive weapon, which I like better than an offensive weapon,” Trump added.
While continuing to support Ukraine, Trump has at times attacked Zelensky, calling him “ungrateful,” and angered many in Kiev by suggesting that Ukraine may have to give up territory to Russia. He has also criticized the previous administration of Joe Biden for aiding Ukraine unconditionally and stressed that European NATO members would pay for US weapons delivered to Kiev through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) scheme.
The US burned through its arsenal of interceptors during the war with Iran, with an estimate by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) suggesting that the Pentagon used nearly half of its available Patriot missiles by April.
“We have Patriots, but we don’t have that many. We need them for ourselves too,” Trump said in response to a question on whether the US would send the missiles directly. He added that Ukraine could set up production “pretty quickly.”
Bloomberg reported that Ukraine would face challenges in obtaining parts to assemble the sophisticated weapons, considering that the existing supply chain is already strained. “A Patriot missile takes years to build, meaning Ukrainian production of these missiles won’t materialize on the near-term timelines they need,” Becca Wasser, the publication’s defense lead, said.
Russia has warned that continued deliveries of Western arms make NATO members de facto participants in the conflict and risk triggering an all-out war.
In March, the Russian Defense Ministry published what it said are the addresses of companies involved in producing drone components for Ukraine on European territory. The ministry warned that European leaders are “dragging their countries into a war with Russia.”
Assembly lines for Patriot missiles in Ukraine would likely become high-priority targets for Russia. On Wednesday, the Defense Ministry announced strikes on several military sites across Ukraine, including a Samsung Ukraine facility it said was manufacturing components for FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles.
Iran condemns Trump’s ‘vulgarity’ amid new escalation

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has hit back at US President Donald Trump after he called Iran’s leadership “scum” and “violent people.”
The spat came as the US resumed strikes in Iran in the most serious flare-up of hostilities since the countries signed a preliminary peace framework last month.
“Addressing the Civilized and Courageous Nation of Iran with derogatory language does not diminish its Greatness,” Araghchi wrote on X on Wednesday evening.
“Iranians are known for their civility, culture, and strong moral values. We do not answer vulgarity with vulgarity, but with action: fearlessly and with great valor,” he added.
Although the diplomat did not mention Trump by name, Iranian state broadcaster Press TV said he was responding to comments the US president made earlier that day during a NATO summit in Türkiye.
During a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Trump said he considered the ceasefire with Iran to be “over.”
“I don’t want to deal with them any more. They’re scum,” Trump said. “They’re led by sick people and they’re vicious, violent people. And if they had a nuclear weapon, they’d use it. As far as I’m concerned, it’s over.”
The US struck targets in Iran for the second consecutive night on Thursday in what Trump called “retribution” for attacks on commercial ships attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran said the renewed attacks violated the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on June 17 and vowed to retaliate.
Although Tehran has not officially admitted responsibility for the attacks on three tankers earlier this week, Iranian media cited officials as saying that the targeted ships attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz without authorization.
The US and Iran have clashed over the interpretation of the MoU. Under the deal, Tehran agreed to “make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels” through the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, Iran and Oman were to begin negotiations to “define the future administration and maritime services” in the waterway. Tehran has repeatedly insisted that it has the right to regulate traffic and collect tolls.
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