Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away

Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away

Democrats called on Tuesday for a congressional briefing over a stunning charade in which Donald Trump was secretly spirited to different plane than the one the public and press believed he was travelling on. Critics now question why reporters and the public had been deliberately misled.

When US intelligence allegedly found a credible threat that Iran plotted to kill him last month, Trump left Air Force One in a catering truck, an episode first reported by the Washington Post and also by the New York Times. While the president was reportedly snuck out the side door of the plane, more than a hundred aides, officials and reporters were kept onboard to fly towards Britain, without being told there was a threat to their lives.

“It appears that the idea was we can reduce the danger to President Trump by offering up 100 or so people to be killed by the Iranians in his place,” said Steven Cash, executive director of the Steady State and a former CIA intelligence officer and senior adviser to the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence branch.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 hours ago

    Uniformed consent is not consent.

    None of those people consented to be bait- and it never works out well for the bait.

    If there’s reasonable cause to switch up trump’s plane, then there’s necessary cause to inform the people remaining behind.

  • ninjabard@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 hours ago

    So, full on “Some of you may die but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.” Absolutely vile.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 hours ago

    "On this occasion, the journalists who thought they were traveling with Trump on the older Air Force One reported being advised to keep their window shades in the press cabin closed. The Post said some White House staff also believed the president was on board.

    When asked later by reporters why they had to keep their shades shut during the flight, Trump said it was because they were “probably on ​a dangerous flight”. He went onto say: “But if I go, you go. Right?”

    The C-32A carrying Trump flew to Britain, arriving at about 10.20pm local time with the older Air Force One and media arriving minutes later, the Post reported."

    And he knew and couldn’t resist. Absolute evil.

  • Seaguy05@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 hours ago

    Ok first off… We all know he’s a self serving coward. Did this really surprise anyone? Second, aren’t the passengers already signing waivers and shit about their lives being at risk traveling with this president. Third, isn’t it funny to think they gave him a choice of traveling on air force one or taking the cowards option and he chose the latter. Like give him a coke and a burger to pacify him in the fucking food cart too scurry him to safety. What a pathetic image.

    Regardless, he’s no Harrison Ford to reject relative safety on some ejection pod to save himself. Only to fight to take over the plane himself but I’m sure we’ll see some ai slop depicting that. Just the hero maga deserves, fake.