Trump boarded secret Turkey flight via catering truck due to Iran threat, report says
- U.S. President Donald Trump was secretly transferred off Air Force One via an airport catering truck to board an alternate military plane after leaving a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, according to a report by The Washington Post.
- The covert operation was triggered by a credible Iranian assassination threat targeting Trump or his aircraft amid ongoing geopolitical conflict between the U.S. and Iran.
- Air Force One was used as a decoy to conceal the move. Trump publicly boarded the Boeing 747 in front of news cameras, but once aboard, he and select aides were concealed inside a hydraulic catering vehicle and shuttled across the tarmac to an Air Force C-32A.
- Most White House staff and press pool journalists were kept in the dark. Reporters aboard the decoy Air Force One were instructed to keep their window shades closed during the flight to RAF Mildenhall in Britain, believing Trump was on board.
- The incident followed heightened security scrutiny regarding presidential aircraft, after Trump initially flew to Turkey aboard a newly renovated Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar before claiming he was switching to the older Air Force One "for old time's sake".
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