Trump is requesting military planes and vehicles for his protection

[Cyrano]

Iran supposedly wants to assassinate Trump. Therefore, he has requested the use of military aircraft to fly him around, and military vehicles to chauffeur him around on the ground. (He doesn't trust the Secret Service.)

My guess is that he's running out of money to fly around in his personal jet. Anyway, he's not getting what he wants.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/11/trump-security-threats-iran-election-2024-campaign/

[FarPoint]

1. He wants attention and always drama.

He says he is a billionaire....he can rent them up from cash first.

[MotownPgh]

19. Taylor Swift pays for her own security.

Apparently she's a real billionaire

[Jersey Devil]

2. They should put him in a tank and have it go west until his hat floats

Too silly.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Part of the faux inevitability tapestry that he is assembling

Look, a military escort! He must be President already.

The bullshit never ends.

[2naSalit]

4. He wants to look...

Like a military strong man, surrounded by the trappings of military power and might. He's feeling so inadequate, small and probably running out of operating cash as mentioned above.

[orthoclad]

26. Thinks he's Rommel

[Walleye]

5. The orange is turning yellow. Such a coward!

[Conjuay]

6. AND he wants another four year golf excursion

At our expense. Imagine that!

[DFW]

7. Everything with Trump is money related

As if Iran was going to try to remove the presidential candidate whose incompetence and corruption would be the best thing that America has done for Iran since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

My guess is that he is siphoning so much money from his campaign that they don’t have enough cash for all their legitimate campaign expenses.

[Freethinker65]

8. He isn't running out of money, he prefers to spend US taxpayer money on himself

[Cyrano]

9. Picture tanks surrounding Mar-a-Lago

Better than a moat.

[gab13by13]

10. He wants the optics

and every damn MSM outlet will give it to him.

[Cyrano]

11. Yep. His base and FOX will hail him as a king

[malaise]

15. Nailed it

Rec

[Prince99]

12. Seems like its the plane

They really want a plane. Article and comments focused primarily on the need for a military aircraft. I would be more worried about what happens on the ground then in the air. Someone mentioned he does not want to pay to use his plane. Who knows, maybe that flying piece of turd is falling apart or on its third motor replacement. With him, it's always about money.

[Scrivener7]

13. I hate it when I agree with Iran.

[brewens]

14. He and his big donors can afford anything he needs. They can whine and snivel about not getting it handed to him

but not that he was put in any danger. Contractors like Eric Prince have all kind of military hardware and trained security personnel. He can rent anything he needs.

[bamagal62]

16. I'm sure Elon

Has a plane he can let him use.😂

[kentuck]

17. Easy solution - house arrest.

He has no further need to fly around the country dividing people and creating chaos.

[Bmoboy]

18. He wants troops for the coup

Don't military planes and vehicles come with weapons?

[Wednesdays]

20. Um, military planes and tanks wouldn't have helped him July 13.

[orthoclad]

23. They would have helped him Jan 6.

Prepping for violence.

[PCIntern]

21. Ok...

101st Airborne, B-52 bombers - maybe a dozen armed with nukes, four..no five battalions of troops with Seal Team Six assisting. Perhaps a nuclear submarine or two, with ICBM’s.

Will that be sufficient?

[orthoclad]

22. Intimidation

fantasy of T riding at the head of a column of tanks like Rommel.

But not fantasy: surrounded by the trappings of armed violence, as if he's ready to blast a polling center.

[Emile]

24. The only ones trying to kill him are registered republicans.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

25. A resounding NO should be the answer.

"You said you're so rich! Pay for your travel yourself. The Taxpayers are paying for your Secret Service detail! Isn't that enough?"

Apparently not according to the orange man-baby.

[Kid Berwyn]

27. Putin's not picking up.

Maybe Kim will send a plane. I mean, train.

[Ping Tung]

28. He could form his own private army to protect him and call it the Schutzstaffel. aka SS.

[hadEnuf]

29. GFY, private citizen Trump.

[Blue Owl]

30. Fuck that criminal POS

[Emile]

31. If he was behind bars where he belongs

he would have adequate protection.

[Patterson]

32. Cant commander in chief Biden put the kibosh on this?

[lindysalsagal]

33. Tough guy says what?

Excuses for lack of appearances

[JoseBalow]

34. I say we give it to him, on one condition

To use them, he has to dress up in a fake cosplay military dictator uniform



Maybe make him march around too, like an Apt Pupil

[LoisB]

35. Let him take a Greyhound.