NYT: Trump Jr. Ditched Secret Service Before Moose-Hunting Trip In Canada

Donald Trump Jr., son of President-elect Donald Trump, walks from the elevator at Trump Tower, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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After he requested the removal of his Secret Service protection detail, Donald Trump Jr. went on a moose-hunting jaunt to Canada, the New York Times reported late Wednesday.

New York Times Magazine reporter Luke Dittrich tracked down Trump Jr. in the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport in Yukon on Sept. 22, days after the President’s eldest son reportedly elected to forego protection. (CNN reported Monday that Trump Jr.’s protection detail had returned to usual duty.)

“The Times,” Trump Jr. said to Dittrich. “I never know where you guys are coming from.”

He said he had a “a good hunt” but declined to say whether it was successful, though Dittrich reported that Trump Jr. bagged a moose (“Big one, too”).

“I can’t really tell you that,” Trump Jr. said. “Look, I can’t say.”

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  1. While hunting Moose and Squirrel, did Dim Son meet up with Boris and Natasha?

  2. I wonder if he can prove he was there? My guess is that this is the cover story and the only proof is people in his employ.

  3. Presumably he successfully completed whatever it was he was doing that he didn’t want to be under surveillance while he was doing it.

  4. Did the moose have top secret info on HRC? Or just on adopting moose orphans?

  5. Time to do a “flight check” and see which Russian private planes landed in Yukon over the past few days…

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