SECRET INTEL SHOWDOWN: Trump Reveals Two Very Different Iran Reports After Assassination Warning

 

President Donald Trump says he is sitting on "very advanced sets of intelligence" on Iran, and he claims he has two very different sets of reports in hand. He made the remarks to reporters on Sunday, October 25, 2026, when asked about a newly declassified warning that Iranian plots against Americans have reached "advanced stages." Trump said some of that intelligence has been declassified and some has not, but he refused to say what the second set contains. He also insisted the United States is "doing very well" with Iran, which left plenty of people asking what he actually means.

The warning came from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton in an unclassified memo dated October 23, sent to Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio, with CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly copied in. Clayton said Iran has substantially stepped up its efforts to target U.S. personnel, with lethal plots reaching advanced stages in the Middle East and other countries. The memo reportedly urged that the warning be shared more widely with staff who could be at risk. Neither the memo nor Trump's comments, as reported, name specific plots, targets or locations, and no U.S. response has been announced. That leaves a big question hanging over Washington: what exactly is in the intelligence that the public hasn't been shown?