Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey…
President Donald Trump secretly departed the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on a different military aircraft than the one the White House made public, according to a new report. The operation was reportedly triggered by an Iranian threat against the president. The Washington Post claims the deception was orchestrated while journalists and some White House personnel were led to believe they were traveling on the same aircraft as the president en route to Washington.
The Post, citing undisclosed sources and a U.S. official, revealed that the ruse involved journalists and some staff viewing Trump as he began his journey back to Washington on an older Air Force One plane, while he was actually covertly transported to an Air Force C-32A jet. The story, however, has not been independently verified by The Associated Press.
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