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US President Donald Trump has said people who leak information to the media should be shot as punishment.
Trump made the remarks at a campaign rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, as part of campaigning for the upcoming midterm elections on November 3.
“I think people who leak information should be shot. In the old days, we used to shoot people who leaked information. You know what happens when they leak information as you are preparing to attack a country,” Trump said.
Trump is believed to have been referring to “Operation Midnight Hammer”, the surprise US attack on Iran in June 2025 during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran.
Following the attack, some media outlets published findings from an unreleased report by the US Defense Intelligence Agency. The report said Iran had had an opportunity to move uranium from the sites bombed by the US to other locations.
The report also noted that the damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities was less extensive than Trump had claimed.
However, Trump accused The New York Times and CNN at the time, saying the information leaked to the media included the planned timing of the US attack and had endangered the lives of military personnel.
Trump has long been hostile to the media. He has previously called for harsh punishment for any official who provides confidential information to the press.
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