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President Donald Trump has politicized the Secret Service, and the decision to endanger journalists as part of a newly reported Air Force One ruse was made out of \u201cpolitical\u201d considerations. This is according to bestselling Trump biographer Seth Abramson, who took to social media on Tuesday to urge the press to recognize the true nature of the president\u2019s use of his security agency. <\/p>\n

Read more Trump\u2019s Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s where I tell you \u2014 as a Trump biographer \u2014 something media isn\u2019t. Something I\u2019ve published reports on,\u201d posted<\/u> Abramson. \u201cTrump long ago replaced the leadership of his Secret Service detail with political operatives. So putting the journalists he hates in danger was partly a political call.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is in reference to new bombshell reporting that before returning from his recent visit to Turkey, an \u201cIranian assassination threat\u201d prompted Trump to switch planes secretly via a catering container, flying back to the U.S. on a military plane while the press corps was left to their fates on Air Force One. These revelations have many questioning whether the president placed the lives of journalists at risk in the face of credible danger. <\/p>\n

\u201cStop calling it a decoy plane. It was a bait plane,\u201d Abramson pleaded<\/u> with the media, sharing an article from the Washington Post that detailed how Trump\u2019s secret flight differed from a similar subterfuge used by former President Bill Clinton. In Clinton\u2019s case, however, the danger had only been theoretical rather than based on an actual threat, and the press was made aware of the situation. \u201cWhen a threat is only hypothetical, it\u2019s a decoy plane. This happened once before \u2014 with press knowledge. When a threat is known to exist, leaving the press to face it uses them as bait. Tell the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Abramson went on to assert<\/u> that on January 6, 2021, \u201cTrump\u2019s politicization \u2014 in the most literal sense \u2014 of his security team led to the Secret Service indirectly aiding and abetting the attack on the Capitol. What looked like security decisions were political. Same thing here.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Washington Post<\/u>, the only sign to reporters on Air Force One that something was amiss was the unusual demand that they keep their window shades closed. As the Post reports, \u201cAsked why reporters had been instructed to lower the window shades on the plane in Turkey, Trump said that it was \u2018because you\u2019re probably on a dangerous flight because of the sleaze bags that we have to deal with.\u2019 Trump said that he has a \u2018threat all the time\u2019 against his life, and that he is \u2018number one\u2019 on Iran\u2019s \u2018list.\u2019 \u2018But if I go, you go. Right?\u2019 Trump suggested to reporters. \u2018Perhaps someday you want to change professions.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether called \u201cbait\u201d or \u201cdecoys,\u201d many reporters have taken issue with the matter. Veteran reporter Jake Tapper<\/u>, for example, wrote that he \u201cflew to Afghan[istan with] different president on AF1. An insurgent missile struck Bagram runway before landing. Weather was bad so planned Marine 1 trip to Kabul scrubbed. We were [with the] president the whole time. Our safety wasn\u2019t treated any differently from his. We were never decoys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Anchor exposes the kryptonite that sent Trump storming home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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