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As the president has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats.

— Steve Cheung, White House communications director, commenting on security measures and threats to the president; reported by The Guardian based on Post/Times reporting

I am the number one on Iran's death list.

— Donald Trump, in Ankara, responding to a journalist's question about reports of an Iranian threat.

They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety, but they wanted me to do it, so I do it. I do what they say.

— President Donald Trump told reporters on Aug 11 after deplaning Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington while returning from Ohio.

But if I go, you go.

— Said to the accompanying press aboard Air Force One at RAF Mildenhall after Trump was asked about credible Iranian threats.

It’s a very dangerous profession. I’m number one on the kill list for Iran.

— President Donald J. Trump; during remarks about safety concerns on his Turkey trip for the NATO summit.

There is some loser out there super pleased and fulfilled with himself because the leftist media is giving him attention and telling him how brave he is,

— Katie Miller, wife of Stephen Miller, on X, in a quote-tweet replying to Dan Lamothe's post about Trump's secret flight from Turkey

As the President has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats.

— White House statement to ABC News regarding the Washington Post report

As the president has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal—including distraction and misdirection—to address those threats.

— Steven Cheung, White House communications director, on the administration's approach to threats following security concerns about the president

Any consequential president has a lot of threats. Non-consequential presidents don’t get threatened—and I think that I’m maybe the most consequential president.

— Donald Trump; remarks to the media after the decoy flight at Joint Base Andrews, addressing threats against presidents.

"They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety. I do what they say."— Donald Trump, commenting on following Secret Service orders regarding the decoy Air Force One flight during the Turkey trip.