{
  "id": 545368,
  "title": "Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Türkiye amid Iranian assassination threat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/trump-used-elaborate-ruse-to-fly-out-of-turkiye-amid-iranian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T08:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/trump-used-clandestine-operation-to-leave-tuerkiye-amid-iranian-threats-50631584.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump's departure from Türkiye after the NATO summit in August involved a covert operation to avoid an Iranian assassination threat, according to The Washington Post. Initially, Trump arrived in Türkiye on a Boeing 747-8 provided by Qatar, but decided to switch to \"former Air Force One\" due to security concerns. Upon arrival in Ankara, he boarded the historic aircraft in front of cameras. However, Trump and several aides then secretly transferred to a U.S. Air Force C-32A via an airport catering truck. Sources revealed that the operation, aimed at evading an Iranian threat, was carried out discreetly without the knowledge of journalists and some White House staff who believed they were on the same plane as the president. The decision to use an alternate plane was based on intelligence warnings of a potential Iranian strike on the president or his aircraft. This tactic is not new; President Bill Clinton used a similar strategy in 2000 when he visited Pakistan, while the Air Force One plane served as a decoy. The U.S. president had previously instructed the military to launch \"strikes of unprecedented force\" against Iran if he were to be assassinated in an Iranian plot. Iran has threatened retaliation for Trump's 2020 assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force. Following a series of attacks on Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump ended the ceasefire, reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil exports, and ordered retaliatory strikes on Iran.",
  "summary": "U.S. President Donald Trump departed Türkiye following the NATO summit in an elaborate covert operation that bypassed standard protocols to evade an Iranian assassination threat, The Washington Post reported on August 11.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Trump reportedly hid in catering truck to evade 'dangerous flight'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/trump-reportedly-hid-in-catering-truck-to-evade-dangerous-flight",
        "published": "2026-08-11T07:41:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}