Fox News: Trump Jr. has surprising reaction to Iranian assassination plot report: 'Greatest political endorsement, ever'

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Trump Jr. has surprising reaction to Iranian assassination plot report: 'Greatest political endorsement, ever'

Donald Trump Jr., says reports about an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Trump are a "great endorsement" of his father's policies.......                    ...                        ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login had a surprising reaction Tuesday to reports that Iran plotted to have his father, former President Trump, assassinated, calling it "maybe the great political endorsement ever."......The eldest Trump son, who is a vocal surrogate for his father's campaign, made the comment in an interview on "Hannity" live from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee just as the former president arrived donning a visible bandage on his right ear for the second night in a row.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"I think it's sort of a great endorsement. When people like Iran want to take you out, that probably means it's good for America, bad for Iran," Trump Jr. said. "That may be the greatest political endorsement ever. But when that happens, their capabilities are much more than a kid with a rifle."......The Department of Homeland Security You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login from a human source on an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Trump, Fox News has been told by two federal law enforcement sources. CNN first reported that there has been an increase in Secret Service protection for Trump in recent weeks because of this intelligence. DHS and Secret Service have increasingly been concerned about Trump holding outdoor events, Fox News is told. ......The plot doesn't appear to be connected to Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, the gunman who shot Trump during his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, over the weekend, the sources said.  Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations denied the allegations, calling themYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in a statement to Fox News Digital. Trump directed the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that killed Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Forces.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Trump Jr.'s defiant tone Tuesday comes a day after he was seen tearfully welcoming his father to the GOP convention in his first public appearance following the attempt on his life. As former President Trump walked through a packed convention floor roaring with applause, his eldest son became visibly emotional......."It was allergies," he quipped when Sean Hannity asked how Saturday's assassination attempt against his father affected him personally......."Not a lot of crying in the Trump family, but that moment, it was so heavy. 48 hours later...just the emotion...but also the love that we felt here," he said. "What I saw over the last couple days here in Milwaukee was just incredible."......Fox News' David Spunt contributed to this report....

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