Report: CIA Had ‘Low Confidence’ in Israeli Intel About Alleged Iranian Assassination Plot Against Trump

https://news.antiwar.com/2026/08/13/report-cia-had-low-confidence-in-israeli-intel-about-alleged-iranian-assassination-plot-against-trump/

US intelligence officials were skeptical of Israeli intelligence that claimed there was a threat of an Iranian assassination plot against President Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month, which prompted the Secret Service to secretly move him to a military aircraft, The Washington Post has reported. A US official speaking to the Post […]


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WatDabney@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 28d

Undoubtedly, but it was never meant to convince anyone other than Trump, because Trump is a delusional narcissist, so if he believes something, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks or says.

The US is stuffed to the rafters with blinkered fools who fail/refuse to face that fact, much less the plainly obvious consequences of it, but Israel isn't similarly hamstrung - they know full well that it just doesn't matter how obvious their lies are - if they can get Trump to repeat them, their job is done.

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 28d (1 reply)

So far we know this guy loves golden awards, doesnt know how to operate things like umbrellas, cant navigate things like steep ramps, thinks every blonde is a target and is scared for his life. Any way to use this data?

gibmiser@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 28d

Get a blonde wig, put it on top of a stack of dynamite sticks dressed like a woman handing him a golden award with his name on it.

Im imagining the arms and legs are dynamite.