{
  "id": 634779,
  "title": "Trump reveals risks behind secret flight from Türkiye",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-reveals-risks-behind-secret-flight-from-turkiye",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T05:35:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1537370/trump-reveals-risks-behind-secret-flight-from-turkiye/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has revealed that he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month due to security concerns. According to Trump, the US Secret Service directed the change after receiving an Iranian assassination threat. He was transferred from Air Force One to a military plane via a catering truck.\n\nTrump told reporters that the plane he initially planned to use faced greater risks, and that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One. He claimed that the Iranian threat prompted the unusual travel arrangements. Some of Trump's aides and journalists travelling with him were left on the decoy Air Force One, which included Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to ABC News.\n\nTrump stated that he followed the direction of the Secret Service, saying \"I just follow what they'd like to do, so I go by Secret Service and the military.\" He also mentioned that he receives many threats, but did not ask for details about the specific threat that led to the plane switch.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Trump says secret flight change at directives of Secret Service, plane ultimately used faced 'greater risk'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-says-secret-flight-change-at-directives-of-secret-service-plane",
        "published": "2026-08-12T05:21:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Trump says his decoy plane faced ‘greater risk’ in secret flight change",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-says-his-decoy-plane-faced-greater-risk-in-secret-flight-change",
        "published": "2026-08-12T07:31:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Daily Briefing Aug. 12 – How Israeli intel triggered top secret Trump plane ploy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/daily-briefing-aug-12-how-israeli-intel-triggered-top-secret-trump",
        "published": "2026-08-12T10:46:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}