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Ex-Trump 2024 campaign adviser Jetted Out Of Middle East As Thousands Remain Stranded Due To War
Donald Trump ally Alex Bruesewitz jetted out of Qatar late Monday with other lucky passengers as thousands of Americans were left stranded in the Middle East following the deadly U.S. attack on Iran.
Bruesewitz — an ex-Trump 2024 campaign adviser who is now senior adviser to one of his PACs — reportedly flew from Doha to Athens with help from White House officials and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), the latter of whom recently downplayed the U.S. strikes on Iran as “not war.”
Bruesewitz told Politico’s West Wing Playbook that he paid for the private charter flight and worked with Qatari, Saudi and U.S. officials to get himself, dog-walking TikTok influencer Sarah Gaither, and Jay Footlik, an ex-special assistant to former President Bill Clinton, out of the country.
Bruesewitz offered the flight to Gaither after she shared viral TikTok clips that her return trip from an African safari was upended when flights were suspended during a layover in Doha, per The Daily Beast.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tiktok-star-trump-adviser-flee-middle-east-thousands-americans-stranded-iran_n_69a814aee4b0b7f2ce601129?origin=home-whats-happening-unit
Bruesewitz — an ex-Trump 2024 campaign adviser who is now senior adviser to one of his PACs — reportedly flew from Doha to Athens with help from White House officials and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), the latter of whom recently downplayed the U.S. strikes on Iran as “not war.”
Bruesewitz told Politico’s West Wing Playbook that he paid for the private charter flight and worked with Qatari, Saudi and U.S. officials to get himself, dog-walking TikTok influencer Sarah Gaither, and Jay Footlik, an ex-special assistant to former President Bill Clinton, out of the country.
Bruesewitz offered the flight to Gaither after she shared viral TikTok clips that her return trip from an African safari was upended when flights were suspended during a layover in Doha, per The Daily Beast.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tiktok-star-trump-adviser-flee-middle-east-thousands-americans-stranded-iran_n_69a814aee4b0b7f2ce601129?origin=home-whats-happening-unit
Sophia Cai
@SophiaCai99
NEW: Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz found himself stranded in the Middle East alongside thousands of others as flights ground to a halt this weekend, Bruesewitz told West Wing Playbook.
Seeking refuge in Qatar, he worked with officials from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, including White House officials and @realannapaulina to find a way out for himself and others – including Jay Footlik, former special assistant to Bill Clinton — and a TikTok-famous dogwalker from Dallas named Sarah Gaither .
He chartered (and paid for) a private plane and got the group to Greece, because it was the nearest city where he had a close relationship with the U.S. ambassador, Kimberly Guilfoyle.
“This has easily been the craziest experience of my life. I’m grateful for all of the people who played a role in getting us out of the active war zone and to safety. I can’t wait to get back to the USA, the greatest country in the world!" Bruesewitz said.
They touched down in Greece around midnight local time.
https://politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook
@SophiaCai99
NEW: Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz found himself stranded in the Middle East alongside thousands of others as flights ground to a halt this weekend, Bruesewitz told West Wing Playbook.
Seeking refuge in Qatar, he worked with officials from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, including White House officials and @realannapaulina to find a way out for himself and others – including Jay Footlik, former special assistant to Bill Clinton — and a TikTok-famous dogwalker from Dallas named Sarah Gaither .
He chartered (and paid for) a private plane and got the group to Greece, because it was the nearest city where he had a close relationship with the U.S. ambassador, Kimberly Guilfoyle.
“This has easily been the craziest experience of my life. I’m grateful for all of the people who played a role in getting us out of the active war zone and to safety. I can’t wait to get back to the USA, the greatest country in the world!" Bruesewitz said.
They touched down in Greece around midnight local time.
https://politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook
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