Trump insider reveals where president left letter for Vance in case he gets assassinated [View all]
Source: The Independent
Wednesday 13 May 2026 17:04 EDT
A White House official has revealed that President Donald Trump has written Vice President JD Vance a letter in the event that he should be assassinated.
Sebastian Gorka, who has led the Trump administration’s counterterrorism strategy this term, said there were multiple “protocols” in place in the event that something happened to the president, including the existence of a personal message to the vice president.
“We have protocols, trust me. Not ones I can discuss, but we have protocols,” Gorka said, speaking to The New York Post podcast “Pod Force One” on Wednesday. “There is a letter in the drawer in the Resolute Desk that is addressed to the vice president should something happen to him,” Gorka said.
In January, Trump said he had left “very firm instructions” in the case that he should be assassinated by Iran, following death threats. “I’ve left notification… [that if] anything ever happens, we’re going to blow the – the whole country is going to get blown up,” the president told NewsNation. The president did not mention any letter he had written to Vance at the time.
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