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CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey

CIA analysts said the Israeli warning was low confidence, while the Secret Service carried out a decoy plane swap to protect Trump.

  • Following the NATO summit in Ankara, President Trump secretly departed Turkey for Britain on a smaller military aircraft, leaving the primary Boeing aircraft as a decoy to conceal his location.
  • Intelligence officials launched the deception after receiving an Iran-related warning, though analysts reportedly viewed the Israeli-provided threat as 'low confidence' and potentially aimed at influencing Washington's regional policy.
  • Security personnel used a catering truck to move Trump from the primary Boeing aircraft to a nearby C-32A through a secret aircraft door, concealing the transfer from public view.
  • Democratic members of Congress have demanded further details regarding the operation, while United States Secret Service officials maintained the plan was necessary as a precaution despite skepticism about the warning.
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen questioned the independent verifiability of the Israeli-derived warning, as some officials cited the massive Turkish security presence at the NATO summit as reason to doubt the threat's severity.
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Trump was secretly flown out of Ankara after a warning from Israel. US secret service officials, however, considered the clues to be unbelievable. An analysis.

·Syke, Germany
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The Washington Post reveals this.

·Milan, Italy
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After the Nato summit, the White House had only pretended that Trump had flown from Ankara with a government machine. Reason was said to have been the threat of a rocket. Now reports from US media reveal new details.

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It has emerged that the secret evacuation of US President Donald Trump from Ankara last month's NATO summit, where he was escorted away in a catering vehicle, was orchestrated by Israel through a fabricated assassination threat aimed at undermining diplomatic processes.

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Political Wire broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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