Alex Eisenstadt

So Trump ordered the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, who basically is the second most important leader in Iran next to the Ayatollah. And what it did was it highlighted Trump's desire to take a very aggressive posture towards Iran. And if you remember, in the immediate aftermath, there was actually concern in the United States that there might be some retaliatory action that Iran could take.

In fact, it did. It launched a strike on U.S. interests in Iraq.

In fact, it did. It launched a strike on U.S. interests in Iraq.

In fact, it did. It launched a strike on U.S. interests in Iraq.

But at the time, it was something that was really surprising to people.

But at the time, it was something that was really surprising to people.

But at the time, it was something that was really surprising to people.

This was something that was picked up within the confines of US intelligence and the Secret Service that they were aware of that they wanted to kill Trump in retaliation for Soleimani. And this is something that was an issue as soon as Trump left the White House, went back to his home in Palm Beach, Florida, basically.

This was something that was picked up within the confines of US intelligence and the Secret Service that they were aware of that they wanted to kill Trump in retaliation for Soleimani. And this is something that was an issue as soon as Trump left the White House, went back to his home in Palm Beach, Florida, basically.

This was something that was picked up within the confines of US intelligence and the Secret Service that they were aware of that they wanted to kill Trump in retaliation for Soleimani. And this is something that was an issue as soon as Trump left the White House, went back to his home in Palm Beach, Florida, basically.

And so as the campaign continued into 2024, the threat of Iran was something that became really intense. And Trump's campaign was attacked by Iranian hackers. And at the same time, there was an increasing threat that Iran would try to kill him.

And so as the campaign continued into 2024, the threat of Iran was something that became really intense. And Trump's campaign was attacked by Iranian hackers. And at the same time, there was an increasing threat that Iran would try to kill him.

And so as the campaign continued into 2024, the threat of Iran was something that became really intense. And Trump's campaign was attacked by Iranian hackers. And at the same time, there was an increasing threat that Iran would try to kill him.

And in the summer of 2024, Secret Service agents sat down with Trump and they warned him that Iran had teams of agents within the United States that had access to surface-to-air missiles. that those surface-to-air missiles could be used to, conceivably, down his plane, either upon takeoff or upon landing. Do we know how Trump responded to this?

And in the summer of 2024, Secret Service agents sat down with Trump and they warned him that Iran had teams of agents within the United States that had access to surface-to-air missiles. that those surface-to-air missiles could be used to, conceivably, down his plane, either upon takeoff or upon landing. Do we know how Trump responded to this?

And in the summer of 2024, Secret Service agents sat down with Trump and they warned him that Iran had teams of agents within the United States that had access to surface-to-air missiles. that those surface-to-air missiles could be used to, conceivably, down his plane, either upon takeoff or upon landing. Do we know how Trump responded to this?

His campaign devised at one point a plan, which was to have Trump fly in a plane of a donor by the name of Steve Witkoff, who, of course, is now ironically playing an incredibly important role in terms of U.S. foreign policy overseas, including overseeing negotiations with Iran.

His campaign devised at one point a plan, which was to have Trump fly in a plane of a donor by the name of Steve Witkoff, who, of course, is now ironically playing an incredibly important role in terms of U.S. foreign policy overseas, including overseeing negotiations with Iran.

His campaign devised at one point a plan, which was to have Trump fly in a plane of a donor by the name of Steve Witkoff, who, of course, is now ironically playing an incredibly important role in terms of U.S. foreign policy overseas, including overseeing negotiations with Iran.

And so Steve Witkoff has a G6 Gulfstream jet. And so Trump and his top aides devised a plan where Trump would be on the plane of Steve Witkoff, and then other aides would be on Trump Force One, which the so-called Trump Force One, which is the plane that Trump typically used. And the idea was to essentially turn Trump Force One into a decoy plane.