RM> MP>I saw a political cartoon that made some reference to this but I  
  RM>   >didn't realize it was an actual event.  I wonder how many other  
  RM>   >Presidents ever had to use a look-alike but were smart enough not  
  RM>   >to broadcast it?  
  RM>  
  RM> I suppose it happens now and then. You almost had to expect this  
  RM> for Trump since he has 'annoyed' a great many people in recent years.  
  RM> It seemed to take Iran a lot longer to actually get serious about  
  RM> it than I expected. Maybe Trump was just so well protected that they  
  RM> couldn't get near him but you'd think they would have been trying to  
  RM> hit him the day after he sent his first missile their way..  
    
  I have seen some news about this one now.  Apparently, it has to do with  
  the "new" Air Force One that he received from a Middle Eastern country  
  (Dubai ?).  It was supposed to be retrofitted with a bunch of security  
  stuff but, supposedly, Trump didn't want to wait long enough for that to be  
  completed so he started using the plane.  
    
  While in Turkey, the Secret Service determined that it was not safe to fly  
  out in that one because the securityh work wasn't completed, and there may  
  (or may not) have been a reasonable threat, so the Secret Service told him  
  to move to the older Air Force One.  
    
  The reports have mentioned no look-alike.  They did mention that some  
  members of the cabinet and entourage were moved to the old plane, while a  
  few... Rubio was one... and the press corp were left on the new plane.  I  
  don't know about the cabinet members that were left behind, but the press  
  corps was unaware that any switch-a-roo or potential threat was made.  
    
  That seems to be what is keeping it in the news here... if there was a  
  credible threat, why was the press corps left on the plane rather than also  
  being evacuated?  
    
  RM> RM> I hope being a Trump look-alike pays well..  B)  
  RM>  
  RM> MP>I would hope so.  There are not many politicians I would want to  
  RM>   >look like, and he certainly isn't one.  :D  
  RM>  
  RM> Ha.. They had a film clip on our news showing the double walking  
  RM> up the stairs onto Air Force 1 and it looked like they went out  
  RM> of their way to only show the back of his head, which in itself  
  RM> should have looked unusual for Trump. He seems to usually take  
  RM> any opportunity to get into the camera shots.  
  RM>  
    
  If it is the same clip they've shown here, that wasn't a double but was  
  Pete Hegseth who, for whatever reason, boarded the old Air Force One  
  separate from the others -- he was not among those in the catering truck.  
  It was taken from a far-enough vantage point that who it might have been  
  was not obvious in the footage.  It was announced later that it was footage  
  of Hegseth boarding while the others were apparently still in the truck on  
  the way to the plane.  
    
  Mike  
    
    
    
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