Trump flew secretly from Turkey due to Iranian threat, The Washington Post reports
The Secret Service moved Trump to an older military jet with missile defenses after intelligence warned of a possible Iranian plot.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump secretly departed Turkey following U.S. intelligence of a credible Iranian assassination threat, prompting an urgent security operation to ensure his safe transit to the United Kingdom.
- Intelligence indicated a potential missile plot against his aircraft, forcing the Secret Service to move Trump from his $400 million Qatari-gifted Boeing 747 to a VC-25A jet equipped with defensive laser technology.
- To exit the Boeing 747 unnoticed, Trump and aides used a hydraulic catering truck to board an Air Force C-32A, which flew to the United Kingdom under the call sign Reach while journalists remained on the decoy flight.
- The White House publicly maintained that Trump traveled on the older 747, which he had promised to fly "for old time's sake," though the operation successfully fooled journalists on the decoy aircraft.
- This operation follows previous security measures where aides used a decoy plane owned by ally Steve Witkoff to protect the president, a tactic so tightly held that it fooled even people traveling with him.
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Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says - Boston News, Weather, Sports
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the...
The U.S. president used a smaller aircraft to leave Turkey, after simulated his departure on the official plane under the eye of the cameras While he was supposed to be at
When US President Trump suddenly switched planes last month after the NATO summit in Turkey, he was secretly transported in a catering vehicle. White House officials told the American newspapers The Washington Post and The New York Times that he subsequently flew to the United Kingdom on a military aircraft instead of the usual Air Force One plane. In front of television cameras in Ankara, Trump boarded one of the US government planes in the Air…
For the US President's return flight after the NATO summit in Turkey, the White House apparently resorted to an unusual trick because of a threat from Iran.
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