Since President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on Iran last week, at least two top Trump administration officials have raced to purchase their own survival shelters designed to withstand an apocalyptic nuclear war scenario, The Telegraph reported on Sunday.
The revelation comes from Texas resident Ron Hubbard, who owns Atlas, a company that manufactures survival bunkers designed to withstand "biological [or] nuclear fallout, EMP attacks” and other catastrophic scenarios. Hubbard spoke with The Telegraph and revealed that since the U.S. attack on Iran, inquiries had gone up “tenfold,” including inquiries from two senior Trump administration Cabinet members.
“One of them texted me yesterday, asking me: ‘When will my bunker be ready?’” Hubbard told The Telegraph, referring to one of the officials.
The Trump administration’s attack on Iran has sparked fears it could ignite a broader regional conflict. Some critics warned the escalation could even lead to the United States reinstating mandatory conscription for the first time since the Vietnam War, something White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Sunday that Trump has not ruled out as a possibility.
News outlets have also increased their coverage of the possibility of an all-out nuclear war erupting in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran; The New York Post published a report Sunday on which foods might help protect against radiation exposure, and AOL.com recently published its list of the “10 safest countries to survive nuclear war amid WW3 fears.”
Amid those fears, business has been booming for Hubbard, who also told The Telegraph that his recent clients were almost all “Christian, conservative CEOs,” which included “several of the wealthiest men on the planet,” though he declined to identify them.
The revelation of top Trump administration officials racing to purchase survival bunkers raised alarm even among conservatives, including Andrew Day, senior editor at The American Conservative.
"Why are senior Trump officials urgently ordering Armageddon-proof bunkers for themselves since the war in Iran began?" Day wrote Sunday in a social media post on X.