Trump just doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself and his family.  And apparently Hegseth.  Hegseth flew with Trump from Ankara to Mildenhall.  Rubio was left on the decoy plane.  Lol. 

I doubt that any of this was Trump's call.

There are 10,000 things that are legitimate ways that Trump is a horrible human being and bad president.

This is an absolute nothing burger and I don't blame him one bit for this (and it was likely not even his call, SS probably forced him).

My only question is about how they played out the ruse. Once Trump was safely on his way, why couldn't they announce what happened so that the other passengers weren't sacrificed in an attempt to take him out?

Staff and press know there's a risk when they fly with the president.  This, though, was something very different.  They were unwittingly on a decoy plane - - and had no idea Trump wasn't on it - - in the face of a specific, credible threat (an assassination attempt) by Iran.  

The decoy plane should have remained on the ground until Trump's plane (a smaller C-32A aircraft) was out of vulnerable airspace.  Those on the decoy plane should then have been alerted to the threat and given the option to either remain on the plane for the flight out of Ankara or make alternate travel arrangements.  That would have been a feasible AND RESPONSIBLE plan, reflecting some consideration for the well-being of Trump's staff and the press.  The fact that Trump was flying to Mildenhall with public tracking identifiers for his aircraft disabled or omitted from public radar feeds means there would have been no enhanced risk to Trump.  

If there was, nevertheless, still a concern about Trump's safety, then the departure of the decoy plane could have been delayed until Trump was on the ground at Mildenhall, again with passengers on the decoy given the option of continuing on that plane or taking another flight. 

Trump just doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself and his family.  And apparently Hegseth.  Hegseth flew with Trump from Ankara to Mildenhall.  Rubio was left on the decoy plane.  Lol. 

I can’t wait for the next Democratic administration to remove the tariffs Hickory, Bowl, Zeke and the other progressives complain about…oh wait that won’t happen 

Why wouldn't they remove those? I'm not saying they will. I just think it'd be a big, easy win for a new administration to 'undo some of the Trump damage.' Murt has talked about it hurting his businesses and just about anything imported these days costs more due to the 'US import tax.' 

Again, maybe you're right. I just don't get why they wouldn't remove them. I think it'd be popular with individual consumers. 

See snarl’s post. The didn’t utter a word about the tariffs once Biden was in office. They actually like the tariffs and the fact Trump gets the heat is even better. 

Bro, if it's anything like it used to be back in the day, do it. We were on the road every weekend for several months with my 2 sons doing the Indiana AAU circuit with a Indianapolis team out of Warren Township in the mid 90's. It was a blast! Oldest son was competitive but the youngest was a beast. He was 5 or 6 when we started (Pee Wee 40lb weight class lol). He medaled virtually every meet but one towards the end of the season @ New Castle High School gym. He was wrecking it until one kid he was dominating (had his head and one arm locked down on the mat and about to pin him) decided to spit out his mouth guard and bite a plug out of my son's forearm (drew blood). He was done for a minute after that. But a few weeks later back at it and qualified for the State Tourney @ the fairgrounds an took 3rd in state. He did it again for a bit the following year but his heart wasn't in it, so I didn't force it.

What’s that saloon yer saddling up to there cowboy? Twin Peaks?

Telluride is more of an adult town imo.  But probably one of the most scenic of any mountain town.  Summers at ski areas are much more kid oriented. For example copper has alpine coasters, go carts, electric boats, zip line and a giant obstacle course.  Chairlift rides too.

The Glenwood hot springs is hard to beat if the kid likes water, tube slides etc.