Rubio and Bessent stayed on decoy flight as Trump switched planes, official says

The ruse was carried out as journalists and some White House staff members were led to believe they were on the same plane as the president.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey on what was effectively a decoy plane, while President Donald Trump was secreted onto another plane following an Iranian threat

Rubio and Bessent stayed on decoy flight from Turkey as Trump switched planes, official says  AP News

President Trump transferred to a different plane via a catering truck, leaving the two Cabinet members, White House staffers and members of the press pool behind.

There’s been outrage after it was revealed that President Trump swapped planes when flying back to the US from Turkey last month, using the plane he disembarked, and everybody on it, as a decoy, following security threats from Iran.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were on the decoy flight last month when President Trump secretly switched to a different plane while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was with Mr. Trump.

Some of President Trump’s top officials traveled on the original Air Force One, which the president secretly disembarked.