We'll note something that wasn't noted when this was originally posted. The report of an Iranian threat was from Israel. The CIA regarded had "low confidence in the report.
Hmmm. . .
Well, it's not like most of us have to worry about such threats in general. I guess I can't, therefore, gauge the reaction to it. It is interesting that man with such fatalistic comments about the threat of death earlier has this reaction. . or is it? We're sometimes told that when threats happen, as in the January 6 insurrection when Trump tried to go down to his fellow Confederates, the Secret Service will completely take over.
It also sort of puts the whole who goes, and who risks getting killed matter, in a different light. Or does it?
Well, with all of this, I don't believe there was ever an Iranian threat. I suspect that Israel was picking up background noise from Iran. It's not impossible that a rogue Iranian unit might have attempted to assassinate Trump, and of course he made himself an Iranian target by participating in the assassination of their leadership. But I bet there was never a central effort to do it.
Indeed, it's not in their best interests. Iran is a lot better off with Trump in charge. The incompetence of the Trump Administration and the abject cowardice of the Republican Party has proven to be their best ally. They'll dictate terms to us by November which the Trump Administration will accept.
Substitute. The C-32A and Donald Trump.
It's been revealed (leaked?) that Trump flew out of Turkey not an an older Air Force One, as he'd claimed, but on a C-32A .
The C-32A is a militarized 757.This would indicate that the Iranian threat against Trump must have been deemed fairly serious, which would necessarily give rise to the question of whether or not the threat still exists.This behavior would suggest it does:While I'm a frequent Trump critic, and don't even believe he's actually a legitimate President, I don't blame the efforts to sneak Trump out on another plane if the threats were deemed credible. I do regard the stationing of AAA at a New Jersey golf course to be questionable while we're running out of AAA in the Middle East due to Trump's illegal war there. He could just skip golfing or risk it.Perhaps of more interest is who was put on the catering van to make the switch in aircraft with Trump. They were Dan Scavino, Walt Nauta and Natalie Harp. The only one you may have heard of is Harp, whose a tall blond fitting into the general Trump harem appearance profile and who has some sort of flunky job with Trump. The White House Press Corps rode the substituted Air Force One back as did some senior White House officials.Now, I'm not saying everyone should have been on the 757. I do find it interesting that the figures who were allowed to ride the substitute C-32A were not really important people. I'm also not saying that Harp and Trump are doing anything illicit, although I do find Harp to be an odd figure.I also wonder if every President would have taken this option. I suspect not, but I suspect some would have.I'm also noting how embarrassing this is. The claimed most powerful military in the world has been defeated by Iran, whose Air Force is so depleted it rarely gets anything in the air, although contrary to some claims, it has during this war, having put an F-14 in the skies on at least one occasion.It's an existential defeat.
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CliffsNotes of the Zeitgeist 147th Edition. Have we reached an "Is Paris burning?" moment?
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