How a Papa Johns pizza surge near the Pentagon tipped off social media before Trump's decisive Iran strike

NY Post ^ | 6/21/25 | Alexandra Koch

[Libloather]

The Pentagon Pizza Report, a social media account that claimed to have accurately predicted Israel’s initial June 12 military strikes on Iran, posted that local pizza traffic near the Pentagon was "HIGH" within an hour of the U.S. launching attacks against Iranian nuclear sites Saturday night.

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social the U.S. military completed an attack on three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.

"A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow," the president wrote in the post. "Thank you for your attention to this matter."

Less than an hour before the announcement, the account said "HIGH activity is being reported at the closest Papa Johns to the Pentagon."

Account administrators added Freddie's Beach Bar, a restaurant and bar near the Pentagon that has also been previously used as an indicator of impending military action, was reporting abnormally low activity levels for a Saturday night.

"Classic indicator for potential overtime at the Pentagon," the account wrote.

Following the president's announcement on Truth Social, the account posted a simple, "Thank you for your attention to this matter," echoing the wording in Trump's post.

About half an hour before Trump's address to the nation, the pizza account noted there was a "HUGE traffic surge" at the Domino's closest to MacDill Air Force Base, home of CENTCOM, as of about 9:36 p.m. eastern time.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: iran; pentagon; pizza; strike

[Libloather]

Stopped in a Johns Hopkins hospital building a few months back. They had a Starbucks in the lobby. Time to install a pizza joint inside the Pentagon.

[Spacetrucker]

I know this sounds loopy as all get-out but stranger things ... Would like to see if it could have been legit. DOD might want to start keeping food prep “In House” more often than not.

[Omnivore-Dan]

Well, considering it was a Saturday Night, too hot to cook, probably a lot of takeout, not just from the Pentagon.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Less than an hour before the announcement, the account said "HIGH activity is being reported at the closest Papa Johns to the Pentagon."

Yet nobody connected the dots and Democrats failed to spill the beans.

[Jonty30]

That seems to be a tip-off to an enemy nation that could be used to minimalize casualties.

[gundog]

I’ve suggested that, before. DJT could throw a curve to whomever monitors such things....pay for random pizza parties, out-of-pocket.

Pizza delivery drivers may be suspect, as well. Remember the Fort Dix attack? Recon by pizza delivery drivers. I hope it’s better now, but pizza deliveries become so routine on military bases that I think their vehicles escape a lot of scrutiny.

[Clutch Martin]

Foreign intelligence was on to this “tell” back in the 90’s and before. “Social Media” is trying to claim creds on an old school link analysis...

[Bernard]

Papa John’s is the pick of the litter for pizza in DC? How sad.

[MachIV]

Pat Gray on TheBlaze was talking about this earlier last week.

[Adder]

“Papa John’s! The official pizza of US bombing runs!”...future ad...

[Couldn’t they have picked a better pizza, at least?]

[mewzilla]

From 5 days ago. Who needs Papa John’s

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/17/china-sends-mystery-transport-planes-into-iran/

[metmom]

This reads like a Babylon Bee piece.

That said, the White House needs to build its own kitchen with pizza oven.

[KingLudd]

I just went on a tour of the Pentagon last week. Here are the food options within the confines of the building:

McDonald’s, Five Guys, Popeye’s, Subway, Panera, Starbucks, Dunkin’, Baskin‑Robbins, Lebanese Taverna, SmokeDatt BBQ, Panda Express, KFC–Pizza Hut–Taco Bell, Sbarro, Moe’s, Jamba, Potbelly, Tropical Smoothie, Fresh Kitchen, Market Basket Café, and Halal Guys.

These were not open when I was on the tour, but there were other 24 hour cafeterias that were serving food.

The Pentagon is incredibly huge and simple to navigate, plus, they get all the cable channels.

[pepsionice]

Having worked inside the Pentagon (2010 to 2013)...I’ll just say pizza options are ‘crap’ for normal hours. So if you were talking 6 PM to 2 AM...you’d have no choice but to call a pizza shop within a 8-min drive of the building...having some soldier/airman take possession near the entry point.

[alancarp]

“Yeah, I need 20 extra-large Shaqaroni’s delivered to the Pentagon, please.”

Status: Plausible

[Tallguy]

The operational consideration was likely the “phase of the moon.” Last night it was waning crescent — almost no moon. If that was the overriding consideration then the ‘go’ decision was probably made a week ago.

[linMcHlp]

OR, follow the loose lips, here at FR.

[ansel12]

MREs if nothing else, in the Army we were taught how to carry our own excrement to hinder enemy intelligence and in some units you don’t leave scat at all on a mission, the Pentagon needs to follow security measures.

[Samurai_Jack]

Yeah it’s ‘strange’ but not impossible. I would call on the SecDef to take note that the pentagon’s being watched and it needs to be completely opaque. For all we know there was a ChiCom in there monitoring, and this was his signal. Take measures to mitigate/minimize this type of opsec risk.

[IYAS9YAS]

I know this sounds loopy as all get-out but stranger things ... Would like to see if it could have been legit. DOD might want to start keeping food prep “In House” more often than not.

Its an open secret. I've known about it since the early 90s when the first gulf war occurred. And I was nowhere near DC at the time. I was in Korea. Word travels.