Threat of murder: Trump probably had to be flown out of Turkey with a secret flight
With the war in Iran, threats against the US President are also increasing. According to a report, Trump is also relying on deception maneuvers.
Washington. US President Donald Trump was reportedly evacuated from Turkey last month on a secret military flight due to an Iranian death threat. At the time, the White House announced that he was on board the presidential plane Air Force One, the Washington Post reported on Monday. The deception was triggered by a credible threat against Trump.
After the NATO summit in Ankara, Trump boarded the older Air Force One in front of live cameras, but was then secretly transported by a catering vehicle to a smaller military plane of the type C-32A. The journalists who thought they were traveling with Trump on the older Air Force One were instructed to keep the window blinds closed in the press cabin. The plane served as a diversion.
When asked by reporters why the window blinds had to remain closed, Trump later said they were "probably on a dangerous flight". He added: "But if I go, you go too. Right?"
According to the report, the plane with Trump on board landed a few minutes before the plane with the reporters at the British airbase RAF Mildenhall.
The White House said in a statement, which was available to the Washington Post, that there were many enemies of America who had the president in their sights. "We use every means available to us to counter these threats," said Communications Director Steve Cheung.
A similar operation had taken place in 2000, according to the report, when President Bill Clinton used an unmarked plane for a flight to Pakistan, while the actual Air Force One flew ahead as a diversion.
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