President Donald Trump said he has already authorized an overwhelming military response against Iran if Tehran ever succeeds in carrying out an assassination against him, declaring that U.S. forces should strike the Islamic Republic with unprecedented force in such a scenario.

In an interview with The New York Post, Trump said Iran has viewed him as a top target for years and suggested the threat against his life is nothing new.

“I’ve been on their list for a long time. That’s what we’re dealing with,” Trump said. “… The only thing is, I’ve left instructions – if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before.”

Trump’s comments came one day after The Wall Street Journal reported that Israeli intelligence had uncovered what it described as a new Iranian plot targeting the president. Trump, however, dismissed suggestions that the threat represented a newly discovered conspiracy, saying Iran’s efforts to target him have been ongoing for years.

“No, no. Israel came up with nothing. No, no,” Trump noted. “I’ve been No. 1 [on Iran’s kill list] for a long time, and it’s the way life is, you know.”

Asked about the continuing danger, Trump ended the exchange with a lighthearted but pointed remark.

“I hope you’ll miss me.”

Earlier this week, while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey, Trump again addressed the threats he says Iran has made against him.

“They want to take out the US leader – me,” he said. “I’m on every list. I saw this morning, I’m on every single one of their lists. And so far, I guess I’ve been a little bit lucky, but that maybe doesn’t last very long.”

Iranian leaders have repeatedly vowed revenge against Trump over the U.S. drone strike during his first term that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force.

Anti-Trump rhetoric has remained prominent in Iran. During the funeral for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, crowds chanted for Trump’s death while holding a banner proclaiming, “We Will Kill Trump.”