A reported “credible threat” from Iran against President Donald Trump prompted Secret Service agents to make a secret transportation change following his visit to Ankara, Turkey, last month.
Air Force One was swapped for a military plane that transported Trump to the United Kingdom, as reported by Breitbart.
Actor Anthony Anderson, who was filling in for Jimmy Kimmel on ABC, turned the serious security report into material targeting Trump.
His routine included a joke about the president eventually dying and going to hell.
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Anderson began the attack by referencing a CNN headline about a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report concerning temperatures in the United States.
The headline Anderson cited was wildly out of context.
The segment then played a montage showing Trump repeatedly saying that America is “the hottest country in the world.” Anderson used the clips to set up his first joke about the president.
“Well, all I have to say is wait till he gets to hell,” Anderson said. The comment drew cheers and roars from the studio audience.
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Anderson then shifted the routine toward Trump’s departure from Turkey and the reported security threat.
He introduced that part of the segment by attacking the president’s intelligence and saying Trump continued to surprise him.
“Just when you think you’ve heard every dumb thing there is to know about this president, he always finds a way to surprise you,” Anderson said.
He then brought up the security operation following the NATO summit.
“Apparently, after the NATO summit last month, Trump hid inside a catering cart to sneak out of Turkey due to security threats,” Anderson said.
He followed that description by asking the audience to applaud the Secret Service.
“And let’s give it up. Let’s give it up to the Secret Service,” Anderson said. He then turned the catering cart and the president’s location in Turkey into another insult.
“Do you know how hard it is to sneak a pig out of Turkey?” Anderson joked. The line continued the routine’s mocking treatment of the security measures taken in response to the reported threat.
During the segment, ABC News footage showed Trump leaving Air Force One and entering the catering truck. Anderson responded to the video with another joke, this time involving Jeffrey Epstein’s plane.
“That’s the same way he used to get onto Epstein’s plane,” Anderson said after the footage aired. Anderson then continued making jokes about where security officials had chosen to conceal the president.
“Now, I’m no security expert, but if I was trying to find Donald Trump, a catering truck is the first place I’d look,” Anderson said. His next suggestion was another jab at Trump.
“Next time, hide his ass in a bookmobile,” Anderson said.
The comment completed a series of insults built around the reported operation that moved Trump away from Turkey using different transportation.
Trump later answered questions from reporters about the incident while standing on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday night.
He said decisions about his travel arrangements were left to the Secret Service and the military.
Trump explained that the Secret Service and military wanted him to use a different flight and a different plane with equal safety.
He said he followed their directions because he does what security officials tell him to do.
“I guess there was a threat out there,” Trump said while discussing why the transportation change had been made. He indicated that threats were not unusual for him.
“I didn’t really ask too much about it. I get a lot of threats,” Trump continued.
His remarks contrasted with Anderson’s ABC routine, which used the security incident to joke about Trump, insult him, and invoke his eventual death and hell.
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