Amid ongoing threats from Iran, the Trump campaign has stepped up efforts to provide more security to the former president.

The Post has learned that the Trump campaign has continued to ask the Secret Service and the White House for additional security measures in the final months before the election — because the threat from Iran is imminent — but not all of their requests have been approved.

Last month, Trump adviser Susie Wills wrote to the White House to coordinate with the Secret Service to increase property protection for the former president. The Secret Service has put in place some additional security measures, but some requests have gone unanswered.

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) also wrote a letter requesting that Trump be given access to a military plane to transport him or that additional security measures be taken to protect his plane, as the 78-year-old Have faced. two attempts on his life and received briefings from the intelligence community About an active assassination plot from Iran,

The Secret Service has not yet responded to the request for the plane.

President Biden responded to the military aircraft request on Friday.

“Unless he asks for F-15s. No, I was being pretentious,” he told reporters.

“Look, I’ve told the department to give him everything he needs – as if he’s a sitting president, give him everything he needs. If it sits in that range, it’s fine. But if it doesn’t happen, he shouldn’t do it.”

Request for military aircraft, As reported by the Washington PostIt would be the first time that a former president would have such an extensive security detail for a campaign.

But the move may be necessary, as a Secret Service agent recently revealed that the agency was informed about “Potential drone attack” by Iran on Trump in early 2023.

Wills expressed in his letter his disappointment that the Trump campaign has had to hold some small events amid the ongoing threats and that the campaign considered the degree of security around Trump inadequate, especially as the team stepped up its efforts in the last month. Is. Election Day, WaPo reported.

According to the outlet, Team Trump is also calling for ballistic glass at his rallies, battlefield restrictions and more flight restrictions on military vehicles.

Trump has mentioned two assassination conspiracies – One by Thomas Matthew Crooks in Butler, PA., and another By Ryan Wesley Roth at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida– May be linked to Iran, as both killers had foreign-based apps on their phones.

“Major threats on my life by Iran. The entire US military is watching and waiting. Iran had already taken steps that did not work, but they will try again. Not a good situation for anyone. “I am surrounded by more people, guns and weapons than ever before,” Trump wrote on Twitter on September 25.

“Thank you to Congress for unanimously approving far more funding for the Secret Service – zero ‘no’ votes, completely bipartisan. It’s good to see Republicans and Democrats come together on an issue. An attack on a former President is a death wish for the attacker!”