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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

President Donald Trump reportedly underwent an elaborate plan to hide his flight from Turkey to the United Kingdom last month using a catering food truck and a military aircraft, according to the Washington Post, amid threats against him from Iran. The secret mission, according to the Post, was carried out without the knowledge of the traveling press and even some White House officials aboard the decoy flight, all while the White House was saying Trump was aboard the old Air Force One jet.

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In a statement to ABC News regarding the Post's reporting, the White House said, "As the President has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats."

The president was seen boarding the aircraft on July 8, but according to the Post, after boarding, Trump was transferred to a catering cart typically used to load food and beverages.

Trump publicly stated at the time that he would not be flying on the Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet because he was sending it to a base in the UK so service members could tour it.

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Delightful headline for the morning start. Thanks and kudos!

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-11 07:14 AM | Reply

Know your worth in DC: Who got left on the plane for the Kamikaze Run, and who got to accompany the secluded, pancaked orange man-baby?

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-11 07:16 AM | Reply

I'd like to contrast Trump's behavior with that of Hitler, who shrugged off assassination attempts as being an expected feature of his job, and experienced more than fifty of them.

We've all seen photos of him standing upright in an open car, two meters away from thronging crowds.

Hitler put up with the risk because he wanted to demonstrate his strength to others; to prove that he was physically brave.

Um...Trump isn't interested in that.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-08-11 07:42 AM | Reply

#1 Thank you very much.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-08-11 07:58 AM | Reply

I take pleasure in the fact that Trump is frightened by the rumor of a REAL assassination attempt.

It's not the punishment he deserves for what he's done, but it will do in the current pinch.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-08-11 08:37 AM | Reply

Tangerine narcoleptic fartbag is a coward.

I was gonna pose that as a question, but the bone spurs deferral already confirmed it.

#6 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-08-11 08:40 AM | Reply

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