Credible missile threat led to secret aircraft switch for Trump, source says
The threat emerged on the final day of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Ankara for the NATO summit amid heightened tensions with Iran, a source has said.
On the final day of President Donald Trump's visit to Ankara for the NATO summit, a credible threat of an air attack prompted the U.S. Secret Service to move the president onto an unmarked government jet. The threat, which emerged on July 8, was deemed imminent by the Secret Service, prompting them to devise a secret operation to conceal the president's movements.
The intelligence behind the threat was not disclosed, but officials had limited time to prepare and executed the plan at the last minute. Trump and a small group of aides switched from the large presidential aircraft, Air Force One, to a smaller, nondescript C-32A jet using a catering truck. Meanwhile, Air Force One departed separately with senior administration officials, White House staff, and the traveling press corps.
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