Trump defends hiding in catering truck as he claims both planes had ‘equal safety’

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.

The video shows the vehicle later leaving the plane and heading towards a smaller Air Force C-32A (Credit: CBS)A video has emerged showing the airport catering truck that was used to secretly move President Donald Trump between aircraft during a covert security operation in Turkey last month.The footage shows the truck

The News Hour has confirmed the Washington Post's reporting on extraordinary, secret security measures taken to protect President Trump. The president switched planes not once, but twice while leaving last month's NATO summit in Turkey. A transfer from the legacy Air Force One to a smaller aircraft, by way of a caterin

In July, Donald Trump hid in a catering truck and reportedly secretly switched planes in a security ruse prompted by a credible Iranian assassination threat. The Guardian breaks down the footage from that day, showing how the president reportedly boarded the old Air Force One jumbo jet in view of television cameras,

President Trump was secretly moved to another plane after security learned of an Iranian threat to fire a missile at Air Force One after he left the NATO conference in Turkey. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi has more.

An operation to remove Trump from his usual plane via a food supply truck was reportedly orchestrated by the White House due to security threats.

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.

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 a decoy plane to leave the NATO summit while reporters believed they were traveling with him, the Washington Post reported, citing U.S. officials.

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

WaPo: Trump secretly switches planes using catering truck  CNN

Trump switched planes twice, taking a third smaller jet instead. He was ferried out of the second aircraft, an older Boeing 747, in a catering container.

President Donald Trump was snuck aboard a separate military plane via a catering truck to fly back from Turkey last month in order to avoid an Iranian assassination plot, according to a report from the Washington Post. The widely accepted narrative was previously that Trump boarded the old Air Force One to fly to the…