Also, the measures include: expanded flight restrictions on airspace, his residences and rallies, pre-positioned ballistic glass in seven battleground states for campaign use and a number of military vehicles to transport the Republican candidate, according to emails reviewed by The Washington Post and people related to the matter.

No candidate in recent history has been flown on military aircraft before an election, the influential newspaper’s report noted.

Although there is no evidence linking Iran to two assassination attempts on Trump last July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, and on September 15 in Florida, and despite Tehran’s warnings that it had nothing to do with it, U.S. functionaries maintain that the conspiracy continues.

Quoted by the Post, an unidentified person who has served in multiple Republican administrations in high-level positions stressed that it would be “extraordinary” for the Secret Service to grant such a request.

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