Trump boarded secret Turkey flight via catering truck due to Iran threat, report says
U.S. officials said intelligence warnings of an Iranian assassination threat prompted the unusual transfer, while journalists and staff stayed on a decoy plane.
- On July 8, 2026, President Donald Trump was secretly transported via an empty catering truck to a smaller C-32A plane in Ankara, Turkey, to evade a potential Iranian missile threat against Air Force One.
- American officials identified that Iranian operatives were tracking the president's motorcade and hotel in Ankara, fueling concerns they intended to use a shoulder-mounted missile to target Air Force One upon departure.
- Trump's inner circle—including executive assistant Natalie Harp, Oval Office operations director Walt Nauta, and White House personnel office director Dan Scavino—boarded the smaller plane while senior staff remained on the larger jet, unaware Trump had departed separately.
- Despite the heightened alert, investigators later recovered no evidence of a missile plot after the delegation departed, though Secret Service Communications Chief Anthony Guglielmi stated the agency remains "unyielding in our mission."
- Three separate assassination attempts in the United States and persistent Iranian threats have created an uneasy security environment, with Trump declaring "the life of a president is very dangerous.
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