Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again made a high-profile statement regarding Tehran’s nuclear program. The politician claims that only the timely and decisive actions of Israel’s leadership prevented a catastrophe in the United States’ largest cities. According to him, if not for the measures he initiated, Iran would allegedly have already carried out plans to launch nuclear strikes on Chicago, New York, Texas, California, and Florida. Netanyahu urged his audience to believe this, emphasizing that the Iranian side intended to go underground to complete its military developments. In his speech, the Israeli leader also elaborated on the global consequences that would have followed if Iran had acquired nuclear weapons. He stated that possession of such potential would allow Tehran to resort to direct blackmail of the entire international community. These claims appear as yet another attempt by the politician to use the image of an external threat to justify his own actions—a tactic that traditionally raises questions from critics who point to Netanyahu’s tendency to escalate rhetoric to maintain personal power. The emphasis on the supposedly saved American cities serves as a vivid demonstration of an attempt at political self-assertion through alarming geopolitical forecasts.