Credible Missile Threat Behind Trump's Secret Aircraft Switch In Turkey: Report

Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he made the switch at the direction of the Secret Service, which is charged with presidential security. He flew from Ankara to a refueling stop in Britain without incident.

President Trump secretly moved from Air Force One to another plane within a day of U.S. and Turkish intelligence picking up on an Iranian plot to fire a missile at the jet, CBS News has learned.

The threat emerged on the final day ‌of U.S. President Donald Trump's ‌visit to Ankara for the NATO summit amid heightened tensions with Iran, a source has said.

US intelligence officials learned Iran had tracked down information about which hotel floor Trump was staying on in Ankara, according to the New York Times.

Credible missile threat led to secret aircraft switch for Trump, source says  Reuters

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A threat that Air Force One could be targeted by a shoulder-fired missile prompted the Secret Service to secretly move President Donald Trump onto an unmarked government jet during a trip to Turkey last month, a person briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 - A threat that Air Force One could be targeted by a shoulder-fired missile prompted the Secret Service to secretly move President Donald Trump onto an unmarked government jet during a trip to Turkey last month, a person briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.

US officials had to devise a covert plan to sneak Trump out of the country in an alternate jet following the threat.

Threat from ‘portable missile’ forced Trump to switch planes  The Times