Maher Mulls Trump’s Catering-Truck Escape: The 'Perfect Roommate' Pete Hegseth
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Bill Maher offered a biting theory about Trump’s reported catering-truck escape from Ankara amid an Iranian missile threat to Air Force One, joking that the president was in with the snacks while Pete Hegseth was in with the complimentary beer and wine, calling him the perfect roommate. The Daily Beast ties the anecdote to broader coverage of Trump using a decoy flight, notes which officials stayed behind, and links the episode to his push to justify a White House ballroom and its underground complex amid security concerns and related legal battles.
- Bill Maher, 70, Offers Brutal Theory on Trump’s Catering-Truck Escape The Daily Beast
- How Do You Report on a Presidential Ruse? nytimes.com
- They were on the plane when Trump secretly left. Here’s what they noticed. The Washington Post
- 'If I go, you go, right?': Traveling on the presidential plane—without Trump Reuters
- Rubio and Bessent stayed on decoy flight from Turkey as Trump switched planes, official says AP News
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