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Trump helps MAGA influencers flee Middle East war zone on private jet
The story is from the Daily Mail, so there's that.
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Dr. Jack Brown
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The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.
Trump helps MAGA influencers flee Middle East war zone on private jet
Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz, dogwalker Sarah Daither, former lobbyist Jay Footlik, and others managed to escape on a private plane thanks to the White House.
www.dailymail.co.uk
8:07 PM � Mar 3, 2026
@drjackbrown.bsky.social
The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.
Trump helps MAGA influencers flee Middle East war zone on private jet
Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz, dogwalker Sarah Daither, former lobbyist Jay Footlik, and others managed to escape on a private plane thanks to the White House.
www.dailymail.co.uk
8:07 PM � Mar 3, 2026
The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.
— Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) 2026-03-04T01:07:47.706Z
Edited to add: The Hill has this story too.
In The Know
MAGA strategist details ‘utterly surreal’ escape from Middle East
by Ryan Mancini 03/03/26 02:16 PM ET
Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to President Trump, is describing his “utterly surreal” escape from the Middle East amid the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Bruesewitz was in Doha, Qatar, “just as the Iranian attacks erupted, leaving me stranded amid the chaos,” he wrote in a Monday post on the social platform X that included video he took of Iranian rockets above Qatar. He added that he, lobbyist for Qatar Jay Footlik and TikToker Sarah Gaither were all looking for a route home.
“The past 72 hours have been utterly surreal, like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Iranian missiles were flying directly over my head,” Bruesewitz wrote.
He told Politico that he looked for “refuge in Qatar,” contacting Qatari, Saudi Arabian, U.S. and White House officials, including White House deputy chief of staff James Blair and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.).
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MAGA strategist details ‘utterly surreal’ escape from Middle East
by Ryan Mancini 03/03/26 02:16 PM ET
Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to President Trump, is describing his “utterly surreal” escape from the Middle East amid the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Bruesewitz was in Doha, Qatar, “just as the Iranian attacks erupted, leaving me stranded amid the chaos,” he wrote in a Monday post on the social platform X that included video he took of Iranian rockets above Qatar. He added that he, lobbyist for Qatar Jay Footlik and TikToker Sarah Gaither were all looking for a route home.
“The past 72 hours have been utterly surreal, like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. Iranian missiles were flying directly over my head,” Bruesewitz wrote.
He told Politico that he looked for “refuge in Qatar,” contacting Qatari, Saudi Arabian, U.S. and White House officials, including White House deputy chief of staff James Blair and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.).
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