A threat, a catering truck and a plan: Why officials deployed an elaborate ruse to get Trump out of Turkey

A threat, a catering truck and a plan: Why officials deployed an elaborate ruse to get Trump out of Turkey  CNN

The group did not include Secretary of State Marco Rubio or other top officials at the highest level of the government.

D​​onald Trump says he faced 'greater risk' on secret plane after being smuggled off Air Force One in catering truck  lbc.co.uk

(AP) -- President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White Hous

Why the elaborate ruse Trump used in Turkey isn’t like other secret presidential trips  apnews.com

Trump used catering truck, Air Force One decoy to slip out of Turkey  USA Today

About a dozen journalists traveling in a separate section of Air Force One with no access to the president were unaware of the switch

U.S. President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkiye, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post on Monday.

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 Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post on Monday.

The president had flown to the summit in a new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy blue jet. But ahead of departing Turkey, he said he would fly partway home on an older-model baby blue Air Force One plane instead.

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s secret ride inside an Turkish airport catering truck to board a military jet appears to have been captured on video last month — the climax of a stunning plane swap carried out while journalists and even some White House staffers sat unaware on Air Force One. The footage shows a catering.

U.S. President ​Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, a deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported.

President Trump secretly moved between Air Force One and a military aircraft in Turkey after a missile threat from Iran, a U.S. official said. CBS News' Nancy Cordes explains what we know.

US President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported.

Trump boarded secret Turkey flight via catering truck due to Iran threat, reports say  Reuters

President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, an extraordinary deception prompted ​by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported.

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 Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post on Monday.

The reported ‘clandestine’ operation came as US officials deemed a threat to target the president’s plane as credible, outlets reported.

The operation was prompted by an Iranian assassination threat against Mr Trump, reports suggest.

Trump was secretly moved in a catering truck to a military jet as part of a covert security ruse prompted by an Iranian threat against him.

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported.