Trump Flew From Turkey on Older Air Force One After Credible Threat From Iran and Its Proxies
The Secret Service urged the swap after officials judged the threat credible, and the Qatari-donated jet lacks the older plane’s defensive systems.
- Earlier this month, President Donald Trump switched to the older Air Force One while departing a NATO summit in Turkey after officials identified a "credible threat" from Iranian proxy forces targeting the president.
- The Secret Service urged the change because the new Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 lacks the advanced defensive capabilities of the older aircraft, which currently serves as the official presidential transport.
- Intelligence indicated Iranian proxies were targeting the president regardless of his aircraft, a separate finding from earlier Israeli warnings about assassination plots that some U.S. officials viewed with skepticism.
- Trump stated he is "number one on Iran's assassination list," while White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the donated jet will undergo one month of security upgrades this fall.
- Secret Service director Sean Curran told reporters the current threat picture for protectees is the most volatile he has witnessed during his 24-year career, underscoring broader security concerns.
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At the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump had to change the government plane, because US officials had evidence of an Iranian attack plan.
According to the media, this was the reason for the change to the old Air Force One.
Donald Trump suddenly changed his plans after a "credible threat" from Iran, the New York Times reveals. American officials confirm, according to the newspaper, that this was behind the president's change of plans during the return trip from the NATO summit earlier in July. In addition, the White House does not trust the safety of the new plane Trump received from Qatar last year.
A threat from an Iran-affiliated group is said to have been the reason US President Donald Trump flew home on an old Air Force One after the recent NATO summit. American authorities reportedly received a ‘credible threat’ against Trump. The New York Times reports, citing anonymous sources, that this is the reason Trump did not fly back to the United States on his new, Qatar-donated plane, but on the old Air Force One.
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