Trump ‘secretly smuggled off Air Force One in food cart after Iran assassination threat’

Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 11, 2026 8:17am Updated August 11, 2026 12:27pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Donald Trump was smuggled off Air Force One in a catering truck in Turkey last month after reports of an Iranian assassination plot, it has been revealed. The US president was bunded into an alternative military plane and flown out following the Nato summit in Ankara, according to The Washington Post. The White House press corps and even some senior aides on board Air Force One fell for the ruse, thinking Trump was on board with them for the journey back to Washington. Several reports last month claimed intelligence sources had flagged concerns about a potential attack on the pre