The Trump Presidency, Season 2

[Dakota Tebaldi]

At first I was originally prepared to say that switching planes in the face of a credible threat was just intelligent, not cowardly - but putting everyone else on the "decoy" plane without telling them they were literally live bait is monstrous and depressingly in-character for the outfit this guy runs.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

At first I was originally prepared to say that switching planes in the face of a credible threat was just intelligent, not cowardly - but putting everyone else on the "decoy" plane without telling them they were literally live bait is monstrous and depressingly in-character for the outfit this guy runs.

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Stop Calling It a “Decoy” Plane. Last Month the President of the United States Premeditatedly Used U.S. Citizens As Live Bait During a Terror Emergency.

When a threat’s hypothetical, decoys get used. It’s happened before—albeit with press knowledge. When a threat is known to exist, leaving civilians to face it uses them as bait. Tell the truth, media.

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In Turkey in 2026, White House staffers and members of the media were deliberately left in the dark, deliberately left in harm’s way, and deliberately left without any means to protect themselves—for instance, by seeking alternative transportation out of Turkey, or just waiting until the known “threat” had passed—so it doesn’t seem coincidental that (a) they were left on a plane Trump is known to hate and want to be rid of; (b) Trump made sure to lead a small number of White House staffers he deeply cares about into his airport catering container, while leaving those he cares less about (as well as a media corps he’s been clear about detesting from top to bottom) in mortal danger; and (c) the benefit to Trump of even a failed attack on “Air Force One” (as it can’t actually be designated Air Force One if he’s not aboard) would be enormous from a political standpoint.

 

[Innula Zenovka]