Trump ‘smuggled off Air Force One in food van amid Iran assassination threats’

Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 11, 2026 8:17am Updated August 11, 2026 8:17am Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying Trump arrives on the tarmac to depart (Picture: AP) 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 pot