{"id":43027,"date":"2026-08-13T11:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43027"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T06:44:25","slug":"im-a-consequential-president-with-a-lot-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43027","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m A Consequential President With A Lot Threats\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:default1=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong> is addressing reports claiming he secretly switched planes last month due to a possible threat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/u-s-launches-strikes-on-iran-as-billboard-in-tehran-shows-donald-trump-in-coffin-with-threat-to-kill-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Launches Strikes On Iran As Billboard In Tehran Shows Donald Trump In Coffin With Threat To \u2018Kill\u2019 Him<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, Trump was departing July\u2019s NATO summit amid a credible threat from Iran. It was reported that Trump left his staff \u2014 which included Secretary of State <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marco Rubio<\/a><\/strong> and Treasury Secretary <strong>Scott Bessent<\/strong>, plus reporters \u2014 on an old Air Force One plane, used as a decoy. While Rubio and Bessent knew, other staff and press reportedly weren\u2019t told about the switch. And they most certainly were not aware of the potential threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since news of the switch became public, media personnel have expressed fears. They shared concerns over staff seemingly being left vulnerable to a perceived threat. However, officials now claim the decoy Air Force One plane was still protected despite Trump secretly sneaking off. On Wednesday (August 12), a senior Trump administration official told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/decoy-air-force-one-protected-us-fighter-jets-official-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a> that the AF1 plane that Trump snuck off of was protected by U.S. fighter jets on its flight to the United Kingdom. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a Secret Service agent instructed those aboard AF1 to keep their window shades down \u2014 during takeoff and throughout the flight from Ankara, Turkey \u2014 it was to prevent them from seeing the fighter jets escorting them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/president-donald-trump-slams-alleged-voter-fraud-and-alleges-china-meddled-committed-election-interference-in-2020-again-pushes-for-save-america-act-ahead-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Donald Trump Slams Alleged \u2018Voter Fraud\u2019 And Alleges China Meddled &amp; Committed Election Interference In 2020; Again Pushes For \u2018SAVE America Act\u2019 Ahead Of 2026 Midterms<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-donald-trump-addresses-secret-plane-switch-in-turkey\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donald Trump Addresses Secret Plane Switch In Turkey<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Trump was secretly flying aboard a separate military jet, which Defense Secretary <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pete Hegseth<\/a><\/strong> also boarded. Video has since surfaced of the secret exchange. Trump used an airport catering truck to conduct the swap. Trump snuck onto a smaller U.S. military aircraft using the catering truck as a cover and an older Air Force One jet as a decoy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodunlocked.com\/nicki-minaj-reacts-to-donald-trumps-joke-claiming-she-was-twerking-during-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicki Minaj Reacts To Donald Trump\u2019s Joke Claiming She Was \u2018Twerking\u2019 During White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner Shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday evening (August 11), Trump further explained the switch as it became public. He shared the news with reporters after traveling to Geneva, Ohio for the Freedom 250 Patriot Games. He said: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, it\u2019s only up to the Secret Service; I just follow what they\u2019d like to do. So, I go by the Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety \u2014 but they wanted me to do it, so I do it. I do what they say.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about the perceived threat, he brushed it off. He said: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI guess there was a threat out there. I didn\u2019t really ask too much about it. I get a lot of threats. I have a lot of threats that you don\u2019t know about. Any consequential president has a lot of threats. Non-consequential presidents don\u2019t get threats. And I think that I may be the most consequential president. Because nobody\u2019s done more than me in a period of almost six years. There\u2019s nobody.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if he was \u201cworried about a shoulder-fired missile,\u201d Trump said, \u201cI don\u2019t worry about anything, to be honest. Whatever it is, you know, my attitude: Whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also claimed he thought the jet he ended up on faced greater danger than Air Force One. He said, \u201cI think actually the plane that I flew on was at greater risk. I think it was at greater risk because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#Socialites, be sure to check out the post below, then leave us your thoughts in a comment after! <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db9nnk1kdHd\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is addressing reports claiming he secretly switched planes last month due to a possible threat. 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