Trump insider reveals where president left letter for Vance in case he gets assassinated

[BumRushDaShow]

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.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-vance-letter-assassination-location-b2976122.html

[mwb970]

1. So there's hope!

[magicarpet]

2. Can we pray for his demise,... or is that too crass ?

[CTyankee]

5. And then we get Vance. He's smart and young, as well as evil.

[Polybius]

8. But no nasty, vicious insults on Truth Social like Trump does

At least not on Trump's level.

[CTyankee]

9. I just ignore them. I am fearful of the smart repukes.

[COL Mustard]

22. My fear about a President Vance is...

Who would he pick as his VP? Miller or Vought come immediately to mind, and that's scary.

[purr-rat beauty]

3. He's dying to read it

I'm sure it's just another Maga rally tirade complete with conspiracy and inflated grievances

[kacekwl]

4. The letter is up his ass

JD and the others are there quite often so easily found.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Now that's downright hilarious

Trump thinks Vance would be bound by Trump’s protocols-from-beyond-the-grave!

Vance wouldn’t even have to read the letter, but if he did, he could still say, “fuck that shit, I’m the boss now”.

[reACTIONary]

10. Exactly. After Trump is gone, Trump is

null and void.

[Buddyzbuddy]

7. He left the letter between the couch cushions where he's sure Vance will find it.

They've also got "Snake Plissken" on standby in case he's needed.

[Wonder Why]

11. Dear stupid, I hope you don't be as dumb as president as you were as VP. And learn how to steal like i have been doing

all my life. You're following the best grifter, war criminal, pedophile, rapist, bigoted and lowest-life all-around guy so act like you are entitled to it.

By the way, the stupid MAGAts don't like you and won't follow you like they followed me so watch your back as I've seen to it that they can all be armed to the hilt, even the insane ones. In fact, your so disliked by everyone for being dumb, you might as well quit while you still have a job.

I hope you know that I only picked you as my running mate because I knew you were dumber than a door nail and would do everything I told you to do. You'll make a great slave one day. And remember that when your wife has had enough of you and puts that axe through the back of your head and tells everyone you were acting suicidal and carried it out, people will believe her.

Nobody is afraid of you like they are afraid of me. That means your cabinet will be located in a room where they will lock you up in it.

Lastly, after I am gone, I have ordered my minions to release the "Easy-Boy Files" with pictures of you and your couches going full blast.

King Donald I

[Aussie105]

12. I shall refrain from making up an 'only to be opened after my death' letter from Trump.

But I'm tempted!

Bigly tempted!

[FakeNoose]

13. Why would Iran want to assassinate him?

Seriously, Chump is making things easy for Iran, and I'm sure they're hoping he stays in the White House for another term.

[Prairie Gates]

14. Anyone who believes a single word of this story is an idiot

There was no letter. The whole thing is made up.

Why are we entertaining this right-wing nonsense?

[Bayard]

15. We won't have time to blow up Iran,

We'll be too busy celebrating!

[Maru Kitteh]

16. This sounds utterly contrived. Like he would spend time on that.

Please.


This is from some team of junior staffers tasked with making that obscene orange blob seem “human.”

[usonian]

17. Sounds like fodder for a writing contest.

There are no pens and pencils in the White House since he could poke his eyes out with them.



So, he would have had to message it to himself, or someone to edit --- I mean print.

But here's the kicker. He doesn't give one damn about anyone but himself.

IT'S ALL ABOUT HIMSELF.

So, it's a dictated eulogy for Vance to read. And here it is in full.

Donald Trump was a warrior, a warrior for humankind and a preacher of the gospel of justice for all nations. He was a reforming character of the highest order, and his historical fate was that he functioned in a time of unequaled brutality, which in the end failed him.








https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hamsun%27s_obituary_of_Adolf_Hitler

[LudwigPastorius]

18. The Iranians aren't dumb enough to try an overt assassination attempt.

They'll just invest heavily in Kentucky Fried Chicken's parent company to encourage an expansion of stores around the D.C. area.

[raccoon]

19. yall heard this one about Stalin's letters to Khruschev?

IMDb.com (The Internet Movie Database)
Traffic (2000)
Quotes
General Ralph Landry: You know, when they forced Khruschev out, he sat down and wrote two letters to his successor. He said - “When you get yourself into a situation you can’t get out of, open the first letter, and you’ll be safe. When you get yourself into another situation you can’t get out of, open the second letter”. Well, soon enough, this guy found himself into a tight place, so he opened the first letter. Which said - “Blame everything on me”. So he blames the old man, it worked like a charm. He got himself into a second situation he couldn’t get out of, he opened the second letter. It said - “Sit down, and write two letters”.

https://barrypopik.com/blog/write_two_letters

[Orrex]

20. "Blow the whole country up" if he gets assassinated?

Does he think that he's been assassinated already?

[COL Mustard]

21. Reminds me of the old joke

Prepare three envelopes.

https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/

[eppur_se_muova]

23. Did he also write a letter to be read in case he chokes on a Big Mac ? or KFC ?

That drawer better be full of letters.

This reads like the germ of an SNL skit ... Trmp writes a bunch of letters that begin "if you are reading this letter it means that I died in the arms of a Russian hooker ..." etc. and of course ends with "thank you for your attention to this matter".

[TBF]

24. "Trump writes a letter" - lol

this guy can barely sign his name