One of the sources said the warning came this week.
Another source said the US had picked up a steady drumbeat of intelligence in recent weeks about possible plans to assassinate Trump, but the warning from Israel was new and concerned a specific plot.
The details of the plot that Israel warned about were not immediately clear, and two sources familiar with the matter said the US had not vetted it themselves nor were they tracking it before the Israeli warning.
The US government has long warned that Iran may try to kill Trump in retaliation for the 2020 drone strike he ordered which killed a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani.
The two men spoke by phone Thursday, and Netanyahu is expected to visit Washington soon for talks with the president.
The aircraft carrier’s commanding officer, Dan Keeler, told the thousands of crew members on board things were heating up.
As preparations were underway, fighter pilots continued to operate routine defensive operations with flights taking off throughout the day and night. »