‘Suspicious’ object forces Secret Service to adjust Trump’s motorcade route to Palm Beach airport

A suspicious object discovered during a security sweep at Palm Beach International Airport ahead of President Donald Trump’s departure from Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Sunday led the US Secret Service to adjust the presidential motorcade route, the White House said.

Officials emphasized that the discovery did not disrupt Trump’s travel schedule, as agents evaluated the item and implemented security adjustments out of caution.

“During advance sweeps of PBI Airport, a suspicious object was discovered by USSS,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “A further investigation was warranted, and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly.”

This incident comes months after a separate security concern at the same airport, when the Secret Service discovered a suspicious elevated hunting stand positioned with a direct line of sight to where Trump exits Air Force One.

That discovery occurred in October. Agents found the stand but no individuals nearby.

“Prior to the President’s return to West Palm Beach, USSS discovered what appeared to be an elevated hunting stand within sight line of the Air Force One landing zone,” FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital at the time. “No individuals were located at the scene. The FBI has since taken the investigatory lead, bringing in resources to collect evidence and deploying cell phone analytics capabilities.” A law enforcement source later said the stand appeared to have been in place for “months” before it was discovered.

The hunting stand episode followed closely on the heels of Ryan Routh being convicted of attempting to assassinate Trump at his Palm Beach golf course, where prosecutors said Routh had set up a sniper’s nest hidden in bushes along a fence line. That case came after an earlier assassination attempt in which Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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