Article 63KTJ Trump feared assassination by Iran as revenge for Suleimani death, book says

Trump feared assassination by Iran as revenge for Suleimani death, book says

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Martin Pengelly in New York
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Revelation about former president's concern reported in new book The Divider by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser

In December 2020, Donald Trump told friends he was afraid Iran would try to assassinate him in revenge for the death of Qassem Suleimani, an Iranian general killed in a US drone strike nearly a year before.

The startling news is reported in a new book by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, a husband-and-wife team who write for the New York Times and the New Yorker.

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