Donald Trump was moved to a different plane during the NATO Summit period after an Iranian threat to Air Force One, according to the source. The Trump Air Force One swap came as he faced mounting threats in recent weeks and added another layer to the security risk surrounding him.
That threat landed after Trump’s April Truth Social post saying a "whole civilisation will die tonight." Annie Jacobsen called that statement "so odious" and tied it to sole presidential authority, saying the president, and only the president, launches nuclear weapons.
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The reported plane change sits inside a wider pattern of pressure around Trump. The source says Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued direct warnings, while an Iranian mural depicted Trump’s corpse. It also says the United States conducted 13 consecutive days of strikes on Iran, as the conflict between the United States and Iran reached six months.
A senior administration official reportedly told The that Trump was losing his patience with the conflict. The source also says Trump flew into an expletive-laden rant in the Oval Office over the war and was said to be in revenge mode with Iran.
Annie Jacobsen on sole authority
Jacobsen said the April remark raised the stakes because of the structure of nuclear authority in the US. She said the president needs permission from no one, including the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or Congress.
She also quoted Richard Helms: "If you kill someone's else's leaders, why shouldn't they kill yours?" That line places the Trump threat in the same cycle of retaliation described in the source, where threats, strikes, and warnings have moved together over recent weeks.
What happens next depends on whether the threat environment around Trump changes again, but the reported Air Force One swap shows the response is already moving from rhetoric into protective planning.
