‘I was at greater risk’: Trump defends secret Air Force One plane swap after hiding in catering cart

Stopping in The UK, Trump sneaked back aboard the presidential plane undetected

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month at the direction of the U.S. Secret Service, but that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One. Following a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump was tr

Trump's security maneuver during a trip to Turkey involved moving to an unmarked plane amidst an Iranian threat, but unlike Clinton's operation in 2000.

Trump claims his secret plane was in more danger than the Air Force One decoy the public thought Trump was flying on.

The president spoke for the first time about a previously undisclosed flight after the NATO summit in July.

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month at the direction of the U.S. Secret Service, but that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One.

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday (Aug 11) that he secretly switched planes because of a threat to his life, after the Washington Post revealed the US president was smuggled out of Air Force One to a different aircraft on a catering truck."They wanted me to go in a different flight, a different plane - equa

The US president covertly exited the presidential plane while it was on the ground in Turkey on July 8.

Trump Attempts To Explain Secret Turkey Plane Swap  HuffPost

The US president has said he was only following instructions from the Secret Service when he sneaked off the presidential plane, over concerns of an Iranian attack on Air Force One.

The US president has said he was only following instructions from the Secret Service when he sneaked off the presidential plane, over concerns of an Iranian attack on Air Force One.

A secret operation that reportedly smuggled Donald Trump off Air Force One in a catering truck before the plane departed carrying journalists and top aides at apparent risk of an Iranian strike has raised questions over US security practices. The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump covertly exited the presidenti

Trump says his plane faced 'greater risk' in secret flight change  Reuters

To evade an assassination threat, the U.S. president's security team smuggled him off Air Force One to a different aircraft on July 8 in Turkey.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters Donald Trump’s longtime biographer has a hunch about who leaked his secret Air Force One decoy maneuver to The Washington Post. Author Michael Wolff says he believes word of a covert Secret Service operation—to shield the president from a credible Iran

A secret operation took the US president off Air Force Once in a catering trunk in Turkey on July 8 while a dozen unaware journalists remained aboard, serving as decoys for a possible shoulder-to-air missile strike by Iran.

The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump covertly exited Air Force One while it was on the ground in Turkey on July 8 as his security team deployed a scheme to evade an assassination threat. 'I guess there was a threat out there. I didn't really ask too much about it,' Trump told reporters on Tuesday, confirming

Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat, US media report.

Former Secret Service agents say the unusual maneuver reflects presidential security improvising in a hurry

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The US president was moved from the old Air Force One to a military plane as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, US media say.

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 — Amid an assassination threat from Iran, President Donald Trump secretly departed Turkey aboard an alternate military aircraft while the rest of the world thought he was on board Air Force One, according to a report published on Monday. As he prepared to leave Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, Trump climbed the st

Donald Trump secretly left Turkey through a catering container to a military jet over a threat from Iran, according to US reports.