Five Terror Suspects Arrested Near UK Air Force Base Sunday Released on Bail; Trump Responds

Here's some news from the U.K. that has reached President Donald Trump's desk, because the RAF base at Fairford is also used by U.S. military personnel. Early Sunday morning, police responded to a call about three suspicious vehicles near the air force base. Five men were arrested on suspicion of offenses under the Explosives Act and preparation of a terrorist act under the Terrorism Act. In a country where you can be arrested over a Facebook post, it surprised quite a few when all five men were released on bail on Monday.

🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump responds to the suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford

"Working with Britain, it was an amazing job. We had them under investigation. They were looking to do big damage to our fort, and working with the British worked out great and we got them" pic.twitter.com/PlChiTQlSx
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) September 27, 2026

🚨 WATCH: Donald Trump says the RAF Fairford suspects should have not been bailed

"We know everything about them. We would have not released them" pic.twitter.com/3IoZDdquNj
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) September 28, 2026

The Telegraph: "Driving home from a party in the early hours, a local farmer came across three seemingly abandoned white vans blocking a quiet country road. Confused, she turned her car around. As she did so, she saw a group of masked men in balaclavas scattering into the trees…
— Steve Lookner (@lookner) September 27, 2026

The post continues:

… and across the fields towards RAF Fairford. She accelerated away and called the police."

Prime Minister Andy Burnham posted that the incident was "deeply concerning for local residents and for many people following developments across the country." Around 85 homes in the vicinity were evacuated as a precaution.

There's always one person who does the Norm Macdonald meme:

This is completely useless information.

We now know the former bodyguard of Hamas’ leader was also a British national because their system does 0 vetting.

What is their background? What are their connections to foreign entities? What are their connections to various groups? https://t.co/qHT9wTFseH
— AG (@AGHamilton29) September 28, 2026

Gonna need new leaflets pic.twitter.com/jmSvqXcKbN
— Driftwood (@buc97552) September 27, 2026

There's a rumor going around that the reason they were released on bail so quickly is that this wasn't an attempted terrorist attack, but a diesel fuel theft that went wrong.

🚨NEW: Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has thanked the farmer who raised the alarm yesterday about the suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford, but said: "With respect, though, she does only have a partial picture"
— GB Politics (@GBPolitcs) September 28, 2026

Bad day when a farmer, who the government hates, is raising alarms like this. What exactly are the government bodies that are meant to be protecting us? What exactly are they doing? @GOVUK
— SEA-MAC (@SEAMAC_VALET) September 28, 2026

Trump doesn't seem to think it was a fuel theft gone wrong, but we'll wait and see how this plays out.

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