Trump Used Secret Decoy Plan Amid Alleged Iranian Assassination Threat

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**Deven** (0:38)
Welcome to The TMZ Podcast. Deven here with Courtney.

**Courtney** (0:41)
Hello.

**Deven** (0:41)
Good morning.

**Courtney** (0:42)
Morning.

**Deven** (0:43)
Good afternoon if you're listening to this in the afternoon. Later on in the day or good evening if you didn't get to it during the day.

**Courtney** (0:52)
Or good yesterday if you're listening to it from yesterday.

**Deven** (0:54)
Yeah, exactly. I don't know. I don't know what we're doing.
So big story. Crossed the desk this morning involving potential, apparently a credible assassination attempt involving President Trump. Yes. That happened back in July and some decoy situation going on. And there's some people upset about it.

**Courtney** (1:17)
Some people are very upset.

**Deven** (1:19)
One person in very particular who is upset. So we will get into that story because it is kind of crazy.
RIP to Jackie.

**Courtney** (1:29)
This was sad.

**Deven** (1:30)
That beloved bald eagle in Big Bear that caught America's heartstrings, I guess. Watched many hours. Yeah, on the live stream.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:37)
So she passed.

**Deven** (1:39)
So we will talk about Jackie. I don't know if that was like a national story, right? Or not just local. I just knew because Big Bear, everyone here was into it, but I think it became like a national story.

**Courtney** (1:48)
It had to do with a bald eagle.

**Deven** (1:49)
Yeah. So we will talk about, well, say our condolences about Jackie. And then lastly, this is totally out of my wheelhouse, this Camp Rock stuff. I don't even know what Camp Rock is.

**Courtney** (2:01)
I never really got into this one. I just stole my Liz McGuire face.

**Deven** (2:04)
So Demi Lovato reunited with the Jonas Brothers.

**Courtney** (2:07)
Yeah.

**Deven** (2:08)
So hopefully you'll be able to help me with that.

**Courtney** (2:09)
Yes, I can.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:11)
Okay.

**Courtney** (2:11)
I know a little bit about it.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:12)
Okay.

**Deven** (2:13)
So President Trump, so The Washington Post put out this story that's pretty crazy. So he was traveling in July to Turkey. No, he was leaving Turkey. Leaving Turkey, but he was going over there for a NATO summit.

**Courtney** (2:26)
Yes.

**Deven** (2:26)
And apparently what happened was there was a credible enough assassination threat on President Trump, apparently from Iran. So what happened was he boarded Air Force One, the old one, not the new one that Qatar gave him, but the old one.

**Courtney** (2:43)
And didn't he have a presser right before telling people that he was going to be taking that old Air Force One?

**Deven** (2:48)
Yeah, he said for old time's sake, and they still needed to do all the security measures for the new one. So anyways, there's video of him boarding. And then according to this report, I guess because of this threat, basically they put him in a catering truck.

**Courtney** (3:04)
Yeah, the one that we see leaving.

**Deven** (3:05)
Yeah, and secretly stowed him away and took him to a different military plane. And he basically boarded, actually took that plane to Britain. And then they then used some similar type vehicle to get him back on to Air Force One without media seeing. And then he, there he is walking off Air Force One, looking like he took Air Force One to Great Britain.

**Courtney** (3:29)
Now, on Air Force One was journalists and White House staff. And they said the entire time that they thought the president was on it, that they had no idea, that no one was allowed back in the press cabinet. But they're like, we saw him get on. And then he was just there getting off and we followed him.

**Deven** (3:43)
And to me, this seems like if there is a credible threat to the president, obviously they are gonna do whatever they can or whatever tactics they use to make sure that he is safe, which is, I think, utmost importance. I mean, I think we're gonna have to understand the job of those that are trying to protect the president. I guess the outrage is coming from if there was a credible enough threat of an assassination attempt on Air Force One, why then did they, you know, let all of the press people that were there covering it to be on Air Force One, his staff, and not tell anyone?