CHILLING: New details revealed about Iran’s threat against Trump’s life

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In September, we reported that then-candidate Donald Trump had been made aware of very “real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him, in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed to get revenge against President Trump for ordering the deadly U.S. military against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani in 2020.

Now, details have surfaced, confirming that the threat by Iran against Trump was much more serious than previously known.

Axios reporter Alex Isenstadt has written a took, titled, “REVENGE: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power.” The book is scheduled for release on March 18.

In a report published by Axios earlier this week, Isenstadt gave a sneak peak into his upcoming book, and revealed that the threat against Trump’s life by Iran was so serious during his 2024 presidential campaign that he actually used a decoy plane on at least one campaign trip, instead of flying on his personal jet, Trump Force One.

Isenstadt said he was given extensive access to Trump’s inner circle during his campaign, as part of the book project.  He wrote:

Law enforcement officials warned Trump last year that Tehran had placed operatives in the U.S. with access to surface-to-air missiles.

Trump’s team worried that the Iranians could try to down his easily recognizable personal jet — better known as “Trump Force One” — as it was taking off or landing.

The concern intensified after a foiled assassination attempt of Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sept. 15. Iran hasn’t been linked to that incident or the shooting in Pennsylvania two months earlier, in which a bullet nicked Trump in the ear.

But at one point soon after the Florida incident, Trump’s security detail was concerned enough about the Iran threat that it had Trump travel to an event on a decoy plan owned by Steve Witkoff. He’s a Trump friend and real estate executive who’s now Trump’s envoy to the Middle East.

Members of the press and campaign staffers were already aboard Trump Force One, when they noticed after the doors were closed that Trump wasn’t in his usual seat by the window. They were then told that he would be traveling on a separate plane.

The concern was so serious that co-campaign managers Susie Wiles — now White House chief of staff — and Chris LaCivita decided to split up, Isenstadt revealed.

Wiles traveled with Trump on Witkoff’s plane, while LaCivita joined campaign staffers on Trump Force One.

“The boss ain’t riding with us today. We had to put him into another plane. This is nothing but a sort of test for how things may happen in the future,” LaCivita told the curious, and now nervous staffers.

“This was some serious sh*t,” one aide later told Isenstadt.  The campaign later referred to that flight as the “Ghost Flight.”  When they landed, the Secret Service organized a decoy motorcade, with Trump in one and staffers in another.

However, that wasn’t the only scary incident.

Isenstadt explained that after a Sept. 18 rally on Long Island, N.Y., Secret Service agents warned the campaign that they had been tipped off about a potential shooting attack on the motorcade.

LaCivita told Trump aide Dan Scavino, “Don’t f**king hang out the window and take photos, because you’re a f**king target!”  Meanwhile, Wiles reclined back in her seat.

The next week, during a trip to Pennsylvania, Secret Service agents observed a drone following Trump’s motorcade. They quickly took care of that, as officers in one of the cars opened up the moonroof and shot it with an electromagnetic gun, disabling it, Isenstadt wrote.

Campaign insiders said Trump started to worry that voters might decide they didn’t want to risk voting for someone who would constantly be under threat for the next four years.

WATCH AN INTERVIEW WITH ISENSTADT BELOW:

President Trump is still taking the Iran threats seriously. Last week during an exchange with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump acknowledged that he has left instructions that if Iran assassinates him or other leaders, Iran will be “obliterated.”

WATCH:

President Trump is better protected now while flying on Air Force One, as that plane reportedly has a built-in anti-missile defense system.  Since his inauguration, his personal plane, Trump Force One, is no longer used by himself or his staff.

Below are reports published by True.news on the DMLNewsApp about the threats from Iran last fall.

WATCH: Chilling Iranian Video Vowing Revenge on Trump Gets Fresh Scrutiny After Second Assassination Attempt

 

REPORT: Trump briefed on ‘threats from Iran to assassinate him,’ campaign says

 

BREAKING: FBI thwarts Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

 

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