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| Iranian threat on Trump's life was more serious than publicly known, book excerpt reveals |
| 2025-02-10 |
| [Jpost] Last year, security officials warned Trump that Tehran had access to surface-to-air missiles, and they were worried Iran would try to crash his private jet. US authorities were more concerned about an Iran attack on President Donald Trump’s life than what was publicly disclosed, Axios reported, citing an excerpt from the book Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power by Alex Isenstadt on Sunday. According to Isenstadt, during Trump’s presidential campaign in 2024, officials warned the current president that Tehran had placed operatives in the US with access to surface-to-air missiles, and they were worried Iran would try to crash his private plane. Isenstadt continued, stating that these concerns over Iran intensified following the second assassination attempt on Trump’s life after multiple shots were fired near his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September. Trump’s security team grew increasingly worried about his safety, leading them to use a decoy plane to reach an event with current Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. Isenstadt mentioned that this plane swap plan was kept under wraps so that most of the staff wouldn’t be aware until after take-off. "The boss ain't riding with us today," White House Chief of Staff Chris LaCivita told the group, according to Isenstadt. "We had to put him into another plane. This is nothing but a sort of test for how things may happen in the future." Additionally, Isenstadt wrote in Axios that Trump’s campaign had to face multiple other threats, including a tip that someone might try to shoot up his vehicle after a Long Island rally in September. Furthermore, during Trump’s visit to Pennsylvania the next week, his security detail shot down a drone that was seen following his car. |
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