Trump Just Explained the ‘Secret’ Turkey Plane Story — and the Ranty Fake News Media Narrative Collapsed Immediately
It’s gotten to the point with our ‘mainstream media’ that protecting any president named Donald Trump is a) optional; and b) strictly up to them – not the Secret Service. Operational security, when it comes to that Trump guy, should be publicly debated and decided by the press corps or something.
‘The media’ spent Tuesday generating breathless outrage about being deceived by President Trump after he was secretly moved to a different plane on credible intelligence that an Iranian plot against his life was in play. Tuesday night, Trump explained the entire situation in about 90 seconds and destroyed the narrative completely.
Standing on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, the president was asked about reports that he had secretly boarded a smaller military aircraft when departing Turkey on July 8 — leaving the press pool and some White House staffers to fly on Air Force One while he slipped away under cover of a catering truck amid the credible Iranian assassination threat.
His answer was simple and devastating:
“I go by Secret Service. I go by the military. They said, ‘Sir, we’d like you to do this.’ I said, ‘Whatever you want.'”
Then came the question that the media’s narrative depends on nobody asking clearly:
Reporter: “Why was it too dangerous for you to fly on Air Force One, but not too dangerous for the press?”
Trump: “I 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.”
Full stop. The “decoy” plane — Air Force One, the most heavily modified military aircraft in the American fleet, packed with classified security systems and communications equipment specifically designed to keep the president alive and functioning during a national emergency — was the safer option for everyone aboard it. The journalists traveling on Air Force One were not, as the breathless coverage implied, placed in jeopardy. They were on the most secure aircraft in the world. Trump was on a smaller plane that the Secret Service considered a less obvious target.
The media spent Tuesday on the proverbial fainting couch, despairing that members of the press pool had traveled without knowing the full security picture. An obvious point that apparently needed saying: deranged people like to shoot at Donald Trump. If you want access to him, you accept the risk that comes with that.
What actually happened is the opposite of the story the media was telling. Trump followed Secret Service instructions. He did what his security detail told him to do. He boarded a plane they determined was safer for him to travel on. The journalists on Air Force One were on a heavily fortified military aircraft that Iran would have been far less likely to target precisely because it was supposed to carry the president.
“I don’t worry about anything, to be honest. Whatever it is. You know my attitude? Whatever!” Trump said. That’s the story. A credible Iranian threat. A Secret Service decision. A president who followed his protective detail’s instructions without complaint. And a press corps that turned routine presidential security operations into a scandal because they weren’t briefed on classified threat information in advance.
The narrative is dead. The catering truck worked. Welcome to Tuesday.
BREAKING: Dolly Parton’s Cause Of Death Revealed: ‘Brief Battle’
Dolly Parton’s death came after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives revealed Tuesday.
The country music legend died Aug. 25 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. She was 80.
Parton had been admitted to the cancer center Friday, four days before her death. Her representatives confirmed the cancer diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE but did not disclose what type she had.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement concluded.
The “Jolene” singer had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues before her death, PEOPLE previously reported.
Just days earlier, Dolly Parton opened up about her declining health and acknowledged that she had put off addressing some medical issues while caring for her husband, Carl.
“As I’ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [my husband] Carl. You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,” Parton told PEOPLE.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in an Instagram video Tuesday on behalf of the Parton and Owens family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Sister, Sis and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” he says in the video.
Seaver, who served as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades, said she had asked him years earlier to deliver the announcement.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he continued. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
Seaver said the moment brought immense pride and heartbreak, but he took comfort in his faith that Parton had been reunited with Carl and other loved ones.
Seaver added: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless othe
Shocking 'truth' behind Prince Harry's decision to quit major role
Prince Harry should have "resigned in disgrace" from the board of a controversial African wildlife charity, a commentator says. James Walker makes the bombshell remark in Wednesday's episode of this publication's podcast, Daily Expresso.
He and the show's host, JJ Anisiobi, delve into the Duke of Sussex's dramatic decision to step down from African Parks. James, commenting on the controversy, said: "When you hear about this stuff and how long it's been going on for, you should be resigning in disgrace. [Harry] should be saying: 'I'm not touching that with a barge pole. That is a failed entity. We're going nowhere near it'.
"But no. He's still saying he's going to 'support their mission'. And again this Caroline Pearce, executive director of Survival International, goes on to say: 'His departure doesn't undo that record'.
"She alleged that African Parks was aware of the abuses for years, but it was only after Survival complained to Harry that the charity finally commissioned an investigation."
James added: "Well, she's got a point."
It emerged on Monday (August 24) that Harry was no longer a board member of the wildlife charity.
The conservation organisation has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers against members of the semi-nomadic Baka group in Congo-Brazzaville.
African Parks has said since that it has improved its safeguarding processes both in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and institutionally.
Its admission followed an independent human rights investigation into allegations guards managed and paid by the charity had beaten, raped and tortured indigenous people in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.
Harry was president of the charity for six years before he became a member of its board of directors in 2023.
A spokesman for the Duke said he remains an active and avid supporter of African Parks. He added: "The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board.
"His commitment to conservation in Africa continues and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission."
Human rights organisation, Survival International, said it had been calling on Harry to step down from African Parks for years.
The group's director, Caroline Pearce, said in a statement: "It’s outrageous that for 10 years Prince Harry has served African Parks while the organisation has been responsible for abuse and violence against Indigenous people.
"His departure doesn't undo that record — African Parks itself must now be held accountable, and must abandon this model of fortress conservation for good."
Survival International said indigenous peoples know how best to manage their land and the idea outsiders know better is racist and colonial.
