OK, this editor promises that he'll publish only one, maybe two more posts on Wednesday about the Secret Service's airplane switcheroo with President Donald Trump on his flight out of Turkey under a credible assassination threat from Iran. Lord knows there's been enough whining about it.
Zeteo News media mogul Mehdi Hasan wonders if the White House press corps, which has been so soft on Trump since 2016, will finally go a little harder on him now that they know he was OK with potentially letting them die. We haven't heard any hard feelings from Secretary of State Marco Rubio or Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, both of whom rode with the press on Air Force One, the most secure aircraft in the world.
I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die. https://t.co/gmDCMrHa9h
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 12, 2026
They've already inspired several assassination attempts on Trump; this was just one more.
I wonder if you will ever speak about what was the real threat and what ideology they followed? And how much of that ideology aligns with your beliefs? pic.twitter.com/6zi0SMbl08
— Decipher MAGAzine (@DecipherClown) August 12, 2026
But wait until you hear the punchline…
— WIS💓Act10 (@sebanzacty) August 12, 2026
Who would have killed them?
Wouldn’t they go harder on IRAN for plotting to kill them?
— Freeze Friars (@FreezeFriars) August 12, 2026
It’s over 90% negative propaganda against Trump already. They don’t care about the truth and neither do you. Just your own personal grudge
— Watcher (@Watcher81263375) August 12, 2026
Oh please, they were never in any danger at all. The terrorist iranians don't want to kill the only people who kiss their asses in the press.
— Jerry (@mtjoymadman) August 12, 2026
You might have a point if you and the other “journalists” on this plane didn’t want him to be assassinated.
— Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut (@PsyOperator2024) August 12, 2026
Gotta squeeze out the last 1% of hostility? I didn’t think they had any more juice left….
— Hello Chicken (@badbirb) August 12, 2026
I wonder if the White House Press Corps will be more angry with Iran than with Trump? Nah.
— OneOpinion23 (@OneOpinion23) August 12, 2026
Imagine the uproar if the press were banned from Air Force One for safety reasons.
— TC Mits (@tcm1ts) August 12, 2026
The leftists and the media ( but I repeat myself) want it both ways.
Was Air Force One supposed to have left the press on the tarmac in Ankara? That wouldn't have been suspicious.
It’s hilarious how liberals suspend reality, and pretend that Air Force One does not have the most technically advanced military equipment on board.
— Brian Meehan (@BrianMeehanMMG) August 12, 2026
You are just a child. There is no space left for them to go little harder on Trump - they've used it all by now.
— Kosta Popovic (@kosta_popovic) August 12, 2026
Trump has been shot at and has had multiple attempts on his life. If you are in the proximity of Trump your life is in danger.
— Zeek6113X (@Luis6113X) August 12, 2026
If they are scared then they should stop being around him.
Pathetic weasels.
"...a little harder on Trump..."
— Louise Hill (@Madeittoofar) August 12, 2026
You mean the people who have published upwards of 90% negative stories on him for the last 10+ years? You want them to go HARDER on Trump?
Oh sorry, I forgot. Unless the press coverage is 100% negative you think they're in Trump's pocket. 🤡🤡
The press don't have to ride on Air Force One if they don't feel safe. They'll keep doing it though. They'll keep doing it because they don't actually think they're in danger. This is political theater and particularly bad theater at that.
— Burt Macklin (@cminusastro) August 12, 2026
Yeah they have been way too easy on him. Give him the Biden treatment! That'll show em!
— Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (@BrianJRitchey) August 12, 2026
Cry harder, that’s the secret service’s job to protect him at all costs including risking their own lives why would they tell the traitors in the press that he has to be secured? It doesn’t make sense why we give one fuck about this. Don’t fly on Air Force one if they’re worried
— uncle sam i am (@unclesamiam26) August 12, 2026
Harder? You're funny.
— ACHarlan (@ACHarlan) August 12, 2026
Hi Mehdi. The press is a target everytime the fly with him. Hope this helps.
— Brent Mohrman (@Brent_Mohrman) August 12, 2026
More than 90 percent of the media's coverage of Trump is negative. We're not sure they're going to go any "harder."
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