Trump’s secret flight from Turkey: How a catering truck and a decoy plane evaded an Iranian threat
In an elaborate security operation that remained hidden for weeks, President Donald Trump left a NATO summit in Turkey last month not on the plane the White House publicly described, but on a smaller military jet after slipping away via an airport catering truck. The move, prompted by a credible Iranian assassination threat, turned the familiar blue-and-white Air Force One into an unwitting decoy…
In a covert security operation that was concealed for weeks, President Donald Trump left a NATO summit in Turkey via an unanticipated method last month, not on the Air Force One plane that the White House had publicly announced. The operation, set into motion due to an authentic Iranian threat of assassination, transformed the familiar blue-and-white Air Force One into a decoy plane carrying journalists and certain staff members who were under the impression that the president was aboard.
The details emerged on August 10, based on information reviewed by The Washington Post, corroborated by The New York Times and other US media outlets.
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