Trump faces elevated security threat as Secret Service cases surge
Former Secret Service Agent Tim Miller explains the elevated security threat facing President Trump, including assassination plots and a picture of him in a casket. Miller emphasizes the Secret Service needs significant resources to proactively address this unprecedented threat level, which involves both foreign actors and domestic hate groups.
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The U.S. Secret Service said it was aware of a video aired on Iranian state media threatening President Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump.
“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees,” Nate Herring, a Secret Service spokesperson, told Fox News Digital.
“Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence,” Herring added.
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President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron Trump. The U.S. Secret Service said it was aware of a video aired in Iran threatening Barron Trump. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The video depicts locations associated with the younger Trump’s whereabouts. It ends with a suggested $10 million reward for his location.
Iranian state media has aired content on multiple occasions threatening Trump and his family following the assassination of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which came at the start of the war between the United States and Iran, as well as the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in 2020.
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Barron Trump watches as his father, President Donald Trump attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
“I don’t think it’s any secret, it’s been in the media, that Iran has publicly said they want to kill President Trump,” Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service Matt Quinn told reporters at an event last month.
The video came amid threats from the Trump administration to nations that fail to sever their economic ties with Tehran and an ongoing naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
In July, Trump secretly switched planes from Air Force One to another aircraft in Turkey via a catering truck due to a credible Iranian surface-to-air missile threat.
The White House referred any questions about the matter to the Secret Service.
