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Trump would escape his endless war with Iran in a food truck if he could

The U.S. just learned that last month, when its citizens thought President Donald Trump had fled his Qatari-donated luxury plane for the relative safety of a proper Air Force One, he was actually on a third plane out of Turkey. Fearing an Iranian assassination attempt, military and security officials had secreted him off the official aircraft and onto an Air Force C-32A inside a catering…

In a recent development, President Donald Trump was secretly residing in a food truck rather than a luxurious Air Force One, after fearing an Iranian assassination attempt. The U.S. learned that last month, he had been transferred from a regular plane to an Air Force C-32A inside a catering container, leaving a plane full of staff and press to potentially become targets of the ayatollah's crosshairs.

This secretive escape mirrors Trump's apparent desperation to retreat from the ongoing conflict with Iran and save his political reputation. As the president's erratic behavior, ordering air attacks, making idle threats, and engaging in half-hearted diplomacy with the Islamic Republic has increased, a sense of apathy towards the losing situation has grown among the public.

A week after this incident, the consequences of Trump's self-defeating war with Iran remain uncertain, as the nation becomes unwittingly vulnerable to whatever outcomes may arise.

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