Trump says he secretly switched planes after NATO summit last month over possible threat
Trump said the Secret Service and military rerouted him because of a threat, while Air Force One carried reporters and staff as a decoy.
- President Donald Trump confirmed he secretly switched planes following the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, stating he followed instructions from the Secret Service and U.S. military after being alerted to a security risk.
- The covert operation was triggered by a credible Iranian assassination threat, with U.S. intelligence detecting a potential plot targeting the president or his aircraft as he prepared to depart Ankara.
- Trump was moved off the presidential jet using an airport catering truck and transferred to a smaller Air Force C-32A military transport plane, while Air Force One flew ahead as an unwitting decoy.
- Over 100 White House aides, security personnel, and journalists remained on Air Force One, unaware of the intelligence threat or that the president was no longer on board.
- Trump downplayed personal safety concerns during remarks to reporters, stating "I get a lot of threats," while arguing that the smaller plane he actually flew on was likely at equal or greater risk.
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US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he switched planes in Turkey due to a threat. He did so after the American newspaper ‘The Washington Post’ revealed that the president had been smuggled out of Air Force One via a catering vehicle.
Trump says his plane faced 'greater risk' in secret flight change
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month at the direction of the U.S. Secret Service, but that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One. Following a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump was transferred from Air Force One to a military plane via a catering truck in an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, U.S. media report…
Trump admits to secret plane swap over Iranian threat
Reports of a plot to evade a potential Iranian assassination threat during Mr Trump’s return from the NATO summit surfaced on Tuesday. The post Trump admits to secret plane swap over Iranian threat appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
US President Trump has confirmed that he flew to the United Kingdom on a different plane than planned after the NATO summit in the Turkish capital Ankara last month. He made the switch in secret on orders from the Secret Service due to the threat of a missile attack by Iran, American media report. Someone with a rocket launcher on his shoulder was reportedly seen near the plane, the BBC says. According to Trump, the military aircraft he flew in …
Although he abandoned the Air Force One to protect himself from an alleged Iranian threat, the President of the United States considers that the plane in which he flew was at greater risk.
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