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Trump seeks protection due to Iran's threats. Biden responded

Donald Trump's election campaign called for the use of military vehicles and aircraft to transport and protect the former US president In the final weeks leading up to the vote on November 5, citing fears of a plan to assassinate him by Iran. The Washington Post reported this, citing emails and people familiar with the matter, according to which, among the requests submitted, there are also requests to expand flight restrictions on his residences and put bulletproof glass for use in election campaigns in the so-called Seven. “Critical states”: states that will prove decisive in the elections.

The demands are unusual and unprecedented: No White House candidate in modern history has ever flown on a military plane before an election. However, according to emails reviewed by the newspaper, the government told Trump campaign advisers that Iran was still planning to kill him.

The topic was brought up to President Joe Biden with a question from a reporter. Biden responded: “Until he orders F-15s…” Biden added: “I asked the department to give him everything he needs, as if he were a sitting president.”

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