{"id":354439,"date":"2026-08-11T16:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/reporter-rips-white-house-for-lack-of-transparency"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:35:16","slug":"reporter-rips-white-house-for-lack-of-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/reporter-rips-white-house-for-lack-of-transparency","title":{"rendered":"Reporter Rips White Home For Lack of Transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Trump&#8217;s Secret Plane Swap<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Reporter On AF1 Says Media Deserved Transparency &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">We Should Know The Risks!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-11T14:11:20-07:00\"><br \/>\n               August 11, 2026<br \/>\n              2:11 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-b8d78f7afd5b60ce3bf14ba3b7de45e0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b09d42b2-7b12-472f-9955-a73eeb849037-1101092283-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-b09d42b2-7b12-472f-9955-a73eeb849037-1101092283-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gram Slattery\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7f\/16by9\/2026\/08\/11\/7f21931fef8c4c27aae672f5587332ba_md.png\" alt=\"081126_gram_slattery_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b8d78f7afd5b60ce3bf14ba3b7de45e0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6ca8707a23dfb7eeb6d65a3b0a34dfeb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A reporter who unknowingly became a decoy during an Iranian assassination threat against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>President Trump<\/strong><\/a> is demanding more transparency from the White House &#8230; because it took weeks for the press corps to learn Trump secretly slipped away from the Air Force One flight they thought he was accompanying them on.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6ca8707a23dfb7eeb6d65a3b0a34dfeb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-26ec171da8dcabed5fa40f2476c623a8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Gram Slattery<\/strong> &#8212; a Reuters reporter &#8212; joined us on &#8220;TMZ Live&#8221; Tuesday to discuss the bombshell Washington Post story about Trump sneaking off AF1 via an airport catering truck due to a security threat leaving Turkey.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-26ec171da8dcabed5fa40f2476c623a8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e3297d47f7dc28f9f38a432d9d97ba51\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-9183e660-964e-4388-881b-c412874187cb-730104880-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-9183e660-964e-4388-881b-c412874187cb-730104880-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a6\/16by9\/2026\/08\/11\/a67e5c1a6c41456a96cffa5969789a33_md.png\" alt=\"081126_donald_trump_air_force_one_KAL 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e3297d47f7dc28f9f38a432d9d97ba51--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d0b9061180eb9ab7ae6a598f51811701\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Gram was among the journalists and Trump staffers who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/11\/trump-left-marco-rubio-top-aides-on-air-force-one-amid-iranian-threat\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>essentially used as bait<\/strong><\/a> on the decoy flight &#8230; and he says there was a request from the Secret Service to close their blinds at one point &#8212; a request which members of the media grumbled about at the time as well &#8212; which may have helped Trump&#8217;s great escape.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d0b9061180eb9ab7ae6a598f51811701--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d7b6a97a66df240cdf4d770e84a3e48d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He says he&#8217;s surprised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/11\/president-trump-ducked-inside-catering-truck-for-fear-of-assassination-by-iran\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>all the subterfuge<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; explaining, in other situations, the Secret Service will provide information to journalists that is either off the record or embargoed until after the security threat has passed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d7b6a97a66df240cdf4d770e84a3e48d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a64b35c0329bcd113bff2f77e1a6793a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-076b55a2-668c-49b1-af38-f8f9492f9201-117048952-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-076b55a2-668c-49b1-af38-f8f9492f9201-117048952-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/50\/16by9\/2026\/08\/11\/5063a4ebf7a7428dab5d1d76e62c2295_md.png\" alt=\"081126_trump_inside_qatari_plane_KAL\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a64b35c0329bcd113bff2f77e1a6793a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2bb1291a32639508e1396ab00d8e8b43\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>That obviously didn&#8217;t happen here &#8230; and Gram says it&#8217;s frustrating because journalists &#8212; especially foreign correspondents &#8212; are used to danger. However, usually they&#8217;re aware when they&#8217;re at risk &#8230; not so in this situation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2bb1291a32639508e1396ab00d8e8b43--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4909dc312a7134e0adf39423d7e74fdf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>BTW &#8230; Gram also happens to be the reporter who Trump told, &#8220;If I go, you go,&#8221; when asked about the potential security threat &#8230; and he&#8217;s got a noteworthy reaction to Trump&#8217;s comment in hindsight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4909dc312a7134e0adf39423d7e74fdf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b76a7a9a0359adbf9dfa58dfa787b9ff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4f749854-d0ed-4054-836d-d0816d41d16c-146722591-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-4f749854-d0ed-4054-836d-d0816d41d16c-146722591-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1c\/16by9\/2026\/08\/11\/1cb43fb9803c4f60b85b9d4e87d07e56_md.png\" alt=\"081126 richard staropoli kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b76a7a9a0359adbf9dfa58dfa787b9ff--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-560c16a1f9868831d187dba4126b1038\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We also spoke with <strong>Richard Staropoli<\/strong> &#8212; a retired Secret Service agent &#8212; who says the White House staff not informing the press speaks volumes about the relationship between Trump and the media.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-560c16a1f9868831d187dba4126b1038--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-696c68ca9567128880dee9a0b39a584e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Richard says this kinda stuff happens all the time &#8230; and he even took part in similar clandestine ops with past presidents. That said, he thinks the White House should&#8217;ve had a better response to the press &#8230; instead of resounding silence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-696c68ca9567128880dee9a0b39a584e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3114ca0dffb64acd65afc2f9e93c5509\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Catch the full interviews on &#8220;TMZ Live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3114ca0dffb64acd65afc2f9e93c5509--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/11\/trump-reporter-from-air-force-one-threat-demands-transparency-from-white-house\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s Secret Plane Swap Reporter On AF1 Says Media Deserved Transparency &#8230; We Should Know The Risks! 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