Trump says he switched planes after Nato summit because of possible threat

The president says the Secret Service wanted him to go on a different flight after the Nato summit in Turkey.

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Trump says his decoy plane faced ‘greater risk’ in secret flight change

Air Force One was still carrying journalists and top aides, who remained at apparent risk of an Iranian strike.

Trump says Secret Service, military insisted on Air Force One decoy in Turkey

US President Donald Trump deflected criticisms about a decision to secretly fly him out of Turkey on a different aircraft while the White House indicated he was aboard Air Force One, saying the Secret Service and military demanded it in response to unspecified safety threats. “They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety, but they wanted me to do it, so I do it. I do what they say,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday after deplaning Air Force One at Joint Base Andr...

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Donald Trump says he faced ‘greater risk’ on swapped plane

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'I do what Secret Service says': Trump confirms switching planes over Iran threat

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Trump's secret plane swap echoes Clinton's 2000 Pakistan ruse: Why this time the press was kept in the dark

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Trump confirms Secret Service wanted him off Air Force One, claims plane faced ‘greater risk’

Trump says his secret flight switch was a security call

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Trump says secret flight change at directives of Secret Service, plane ultimately used faced 'greater risk'

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in Turkiye last month at the direction of the US 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 transferred from Air Force One to a military plane via a catering truck in an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, US media reported. The White House did not disclose the change and it remained a ...

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Trump confirms he secretly switched planes over threat

Donald Trump has confirmed 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.

Trump praises Darline Graham after runoff projection, addresses Iran threat and secret plane switch

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Trump's secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion

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 presidential plane while it was on the ground in Turkey on July 8 as his security team deployed a scheme to evade an assassination threat. Some traveling media expressed anger at having unwi

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President Trump Says Military, Secret Service Ordered Secret Plane Switch

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Trump says Secret Service ordered switch to different plane during Turkiye trip

US president says he was told to fly on different plane after NATO summit amid safety concerns

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Trump admits to secret plane swap over Iranian threat

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Trump’s secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion

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Trump confirms plane change after NATO summit in Turkey - The Copenhagen Post

Trump confirms plane change after NATO summit in Turkey  The Copenhagen Post

Trump says he switched planes after Nato summit because of possible threat

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month due to a possible threat.

By Abubakar Ibrahim