The Iran War Is Going So Well That Trump Had to Hide in an Airport Catering Truck

The Slatest Not great, Bob! Aug 11, 20263:25 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. After the NATO summit in Turkey last month, Donald Trump pulled up in a limo, climbed the stairs to the blue-liveried door of Air Force One, then turned and waved. The plane took off from Ankara 20 minutes later, ferrying the president, his entourage, and the journalists who had covered his trip. Or so it seemed. In truth, as the Washington Post revealed last night, the White House had pulled a switcheroo. A surreptitious airport catering truck secretly shuttled Trump to a waiting military plane, which flew him out instead. By itself, the story is a b