The Donald Trump campaign is continuing to ask the Secret Service and White House for additional security measures in the final month of the election, as threats from Iran remain imminent — but has not gotten all its requests approved, The Post has learned.
In the past month, Trump adviser Susie Wiles has written letters to the White House to coordinate with the Secret Service to increase assets to protect the former president. The Secret Service has OK’d some additional security measures, but some requests have gone unanswered.
Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) has also written a letter requesting Trump get access to a military plane to transport him or additional security measures to protect his plane, as the 78-year-old has faced two attempts on his life and has received briefings from the intelligence community about an active assassination plot from Iran.
The Secret Service has yet to respond to the plane request.
President Biden responded to the military plane request on Friday.
“As long as he doesn’t ask for F-15s. No, I was being facetious,” he told reporters.
“Look, I’ve told the department to give him every single thing he needs — as if he were a sitting president, give all that he needs. If it sits within that category, that’s fine. But if it doesn’t, he shouldn’t.”
The request for the military plane, as reported by the Washington Post, would be the first time a former president has had such an extensive security detail with them for a campaign.
But the move may be necessary, as a Secret Service agent recently revealed that the agency was notified of a “possible drone strike” by Iran on Trump as early as 2023.
Wiles, in her letter, expressed frustration that the Trump campaign has had to do some smaller events amid the ongoing threats and that the campaign viewed the degree of security surrounding Trump as inadequate, especially as the team ramps up its efforts in the final month before Election Day, WaPo reported.
Team Trump is also asking for more flight restrictions over his rallies, ballistic glass in the battleground states and military vehicles, according to the outlet.
Trump has alluded to the two assassination plots — one by Thomas Matthew Crooks in Butler, Pa., and the second by Ryan Wesley Routh at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. — could be tied to Iran, as both assassins had foreign-based apps on their phones.
“Big threats on my life by Iran. The entire U.S. Military is watching and waiting. Moves were already made by Iran that didn’t work out, but they will try again. Not a good situation for anyone. I am surrounded by more men, guns, and weapons than I have ever seen before,” Trump wrote on X on Sept. 25.
“Thank you to Congress for unanimously approving far more money to Secret Service – Zero ‘NO’ Votes, strictly bipartisan. Nice to see Republicans and Democrats get together on something. An attack on a former President is a Death Wish for the attacker!”
