Overview
- The claim originated in a March 8 Telegraph interview in which Atlas Survival Shelters owner Ron Hubbard said two senior Trump Cabinet members commissioned bunkers.
- Snopes reported it could not corroborate the allegation after contacting Atlas and Cabinet offices, and the Justice Department called the rumor “completely false.”
- Hubbard said inquiries for Atlas shelters jumped tenfold after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, describing a sharp rise in calls and orders.
- Atlas reported averaging about $2 million in monthly sales so far in 2026, with Hubbard projecting as much as $50 million next month, figures he attributed to war fears.
- Hubbard declined to identify clients, characterizing recent buyers as largely Christian, conservative CEOs and citing unverified past design work for Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Tate.