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

Journalists and White House staff who were on board the jet were unaware the president had left.

Trump says Secret Service told him to switch planes because of threat

In his first public comments on the operation, the president downplayed the risks to officials and journalists who remained on Air Force One for the flight from Turkey.

By Victoria Craw

Anger after Trump’s secret flight swap appears to offer up staff and media as decoys | First Thing

Democrats demand congressional briefing after passenger-laden Air Force One sent on decoy flight despite security scare. Plus, the 11 biggest wellness trends of 2026 so far Good morning. Democrats have called for a congressional briefing after a charade in which Donald Trump was secretly spirited into a different plane than the one the public and press believed he was travelling on. How did the plot to smuggle Trump off the plane unfold? In this video, the Guardian breaks down the footage fro...

By Martin Belam

Takeaways from Tuesday primaries. And, Iran threat prompted Trump's secret plane swap

Yesterday's primaries provided more insight into what voters in both parties want from their new leaders. And, Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey last month amid a foreign threat

By Brittney Melton

Trump says he faced ‘greater risk’ on swapped plane after secret flight change sparks controversy

President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed a US media report that he secretly switched planes while flying out of Turkey last month due to a security risk. While some journalists left on the original Air Force One flight expressed anger at having unwittingly served as decoys, Trump maintained the military plane he actually took faced a “greater risk”.

By FRANCE 24

Trump’s cloak-and-dagger decoy flight exploits were the right thing to do, ex-Secret Service agents say

‘You've got to be creative. You've got to be nimble. You've got to make things happen,’ says former Secret Service agent Bobby McDonald

By Bruce Golding

Trump Says Secret Service Made Him Swap Planes In Turkey Due To ‘Threat’

The president, however, insisted that the smaller plane he flew on board while returning from the NATO summit in Turkey was at “greater risk” than the decoy Air Force One.

By Siladitya Ray, Forbes Staff

Before Trump’s Turkey plane swap, how Clinton used decoy to land in Pak 26 years ago

By TOI WORLD DESK

Shoulder-fired missile threat to Air Force One forced Trump's secret flight switch in Turkey: Report

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

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By Soumyarendra Barik

Members of Trump’s cabinet remained on decoy plane, after president’s quiet exit

Two members of US President Donald Trump's cabinet were on a decoy plane that Trump secretly exited before boarding a different flight in Turkey last month, CBS News reports.

By Emmanuel Tetteh