Gen. Hertling on Trump Switching Planes: It Must Have Been Something Significant

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HERTLING: "Yeah, Jonathan, what I’d say is there had to have been a significant threat because, as we know, the president tends to blow through some threats and just say, 'Let’s do it anyway.' So when the Secret Service really suggests a plan like this, it means there must have been something significant. And as you were pointing out before, there have been others that have been threatened and there have been obvious threats in the works. You mentioned Secretary Pompeo, Ambassador Bolton when he was the national security advisor. I’d also add to that list General Mark Milley, who continued to have threats throughout his remaining tours and after from the Iranian government, to the point that when President Trump pulled his security detail, he had to hire his own. So, it was significant. But the thing that I’m most concerned about is the continuation of the flight with the reporters, the members of the staff, when they knew there might have been a targeting of Air Force One."