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  "id": 623314,
  "title": "How Trump slipped away from Air Force One in Turkey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/how-trump-slipped-away-from-air-force-one-in-turkey-623314",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T02:45:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/how-trump-slipped-away-from-air-force-one-in-turkey-20260812-p60nnf.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump switched planes in Turkey after a potential Iranian assassination threat. According to Trump, the Secret Service and military advised him to board a different flight. He confirmed that he slipped away from Air Force One and boarded another plane.\n\nThe switch was made secretly, with Trump reportedly using a catering truck to move to the other plane. The original Air Force One, carrying White House officials, security staff, and reporters, then departed, apparently as a decoy in case of an Iranian attack. Trump stated that the plane he ultimately boarded was possibly at greater risk, as it would be the one Iran would target.\n\nSome journalists who traveled on Air Force One expressed anger and frustration at being unwittingly used as decoys, and criticized the lack of communication from the White House about the situation. Trump said he simply followed the advice of the Secret Service and military, and had no further comment on the specifics of the threat.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Why the elaborate ruse Trump used in Turkey isn’t like other secret presidential trips",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/why-the-elaborate-ruse-trump-used-in-turkey-isnt-like-other-secret",
        "published": "2026-08-11T22:21:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Why the elaborate ruse Trump used in Turkey isn’t like other secret presidential trips",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/why-the-elaborate-ruse-trump-used-in-turkey-isnt-like-other-secret-612344",
        "published": "2026-08-11T22:53:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Timeline of Trump's secret plane switch in Turkey amid Iran threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/timeline-of-trumps-secret-plane-switch-in-turkey-amid-iran-threat",
        "published": "2026-08-12T00:05:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Crikey",
        "title": "The Snoop: A property storm over at The Australian, Trump’s secret decoy plan, and more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/the-snoop-a-property-storm-over-at-the-australian-trumps-secret-decoy",
        "published": "2026-08-12T01:43:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Trump says advisers wanted him off Air Force One in Turkey due to Iranian threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-says-advisers-wanted-him-off-air-force-one-in-turkey-due-to",
        "published": "2026-08-12T02:24:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "How Trump slipped away from Air Force One in Turkey",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/how-trump-slipped-away-from-air-force-one-in-turkey",
        "published": "2026-08-12T02:45:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}