Trump Secretly Switched To Military Jet From Turkey NATO Summit Amid Iran Threat: Report

US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
sec etly
t avelled
o
a
US
milita y
ai c aft
afte
leavi g
Tu key
last
mo th,
despite
the
White
House
publicly
i dicati g
that
he
was
flyi g
aboa d
Ai
Fo ce
O e,
The
Washi gto
Post
epo ted
Mo day.
The
u usual
secu ity
measu e
was
epo tedly
p ompted
by
a
c edible
I a ia
th eat
agai st
the
p eside t.

T ump
had
a ived
i
A ka a
aboa d
the
ewly
e ovated,
Qata -do ated
ai c aft
fo
the
NATO
summit.
Howeve ,
whe
he
left
Tu key,
he
u expectedly
appea ed
to
boa d
a
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e,
aisi g
questio s
about
the
secu ity
of
the
ewe
ai c aft
a d
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
cha ge.

The
NATO
t ip
was
the
fi st
i te atio al
jou ey
fo
the
ewly
upg aded
pla e.
Its
apid
efu bishme t
had
al eady
d aw
sc uti y
ove
its
cost
a d
secu ity,
while
T ump’s
visit
came
agai st
the
backd op
of
heighte ed
te sio s
with
I a ,
which
sha es
a
bo de
with
Tu key.

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NEW
REPORT:
T ump
was
moved
off
Ai
Fo ce
O e
i side
a
ai po t
CATERING
TRUCK
i
Tu key
afte
i tellige ce
flagged
a
I a ia
th eat
to
kill
him…

-The
Washi gto
Post
epo ts
a
c edible
I a ia
assassi atio
th eat
t igge ed
what
a
U.S.
official
called
a
“deceptio …

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—
Ma io
Nawfal
(@Ma ioNawfal)

August
10,
2026

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‘I te esti g
Idea& squo;:
T ump
Dema ds
Compe satio
F om
I a ,
Says
It
Will
Be
Pa t
Of
Peace
Talks

T ump
Boa ded
Olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
As
A
Decoy

Befo e
leavi g
A ka a,
T ump
said
o
T uth
Social
that
he
would
take
the
olde ,
baby-blue
Ai
Fo ce
O e
to
RAF
Milde hall
i
B itai
“fo
old
time’s
sake& dquo;.
He
said
the
ew
ai c aft
would
also
stop
at
the
base
so
US
se vice
membe s
statio ed
the e
could
tou
it.

T ump
was
photog aphed
boa di g
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
i
A ka a.
Howeve ,
acco di g
to
The
Washi gto
Post,
he
was
subseque tly
moved
sec etly
to
a
smalle
Ai
Fo ce
ai c aft,
a
C-32A,
usi g
a
ai po t
cate i g
t uck.

The
ewspape
cited
a
US
official
familia
with
the
ope atio
a d
said
mate ial
it
eviewed
co obo ated
the
accou t.
The
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
was
effectively
used
as
a
decoy,
with
jou alists
a d
some
White
House
staff
i itially
believi g
that
T ump
was
aboa d.

Repo te s
Told
To
Keep
Wi dow
Shades
Closed

The
ope atio
was
epo tedly
lau ched
afte
autho ities
eceived
what
The
Washi gto
Post
desc ibed
as
a
c edible
th eat
to
T ump’s
life.
The
ewspape
said
a
simila
tactic
had
bee
used
i
2000,
whe
the -P eside t
Bill
Cli to
t avelled
to
Pakista
aboa d
a
u ma ked
executive
ai c aft
while
Ai
Fo ce
O e
was
used
as
a
decoy.

Jou alists
t avelli g
o
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
we e
epo tedly
i st ucted
to
keep
the
wi dow
shades
i
the
p ess
cabi
closed.
Whe
epo te s
late
asked
T ump
why
they
had
bee
told
to
keep
the
shades
dow ,
he
said
they
we e
“p obably
o
a
da ge ous
flight& dquo;.

“But
if
I
go,
you
go.
Right?& dquo;
T ump
added.

The
C-32A
ca yi g
T ump
eached
B itai
at
about
10.20
pm
local
time,
while
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
ca yi g
jou alists
a ived
mi utes
late ,
acco di g
to
the
epo t.
It
emai s
u clea
how
T ump
was
t a sfe ed
back
to
the
olde
ai c aft.

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T ump
Says
US
Is
‘Low-Keyi g
It’
With
I a ,
Watchi g
Eco omic
P essu e
Mou t
Amid
Ho muz
Sta doff

White
House
Defe ds
Secu ity
Measu es

T ump’s
t avelli g
p ess
pool
epo ted
that
he
late
desce ded
the
stai s
of
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
at
10.56
pm.
He
gave
epo te s
a
peace
sig
but
did
ot
app oach
them
to
speak.
He
the
g eeted
US
se vice
membe s
befo e
walki g
towa ds
the
ewly
e ovated
Qata -do ated
ai c aft.

Asked
about
the
evelatio
that
T ump
had
sec etly
t avelled
aboa d
a
thi d
ai c aft,
the
White
House
efe ed
to
a
stateme t
f om
Commu icatio s
Di ecto
Steve
Cheu g.

Cheu g
said
the
Qata -do ated
ai c aft
had
bee
equipped
with
high-level
secu ity
p otocols
desig ed
to
p otect
the
p eside t
a d
his
staff.
He
added
that
T ump
had
ece tly
ack owledged
that
the
p eside t
faces
th eats
f om
“ma y
e emies
of
Ame ica& dquo;
a d
said
the
admi ist atio
uses
eve y
available
measu e
to
add ess
those
th eats.

The
stateme t
was
also
p ovided
to
The
Washi gto
Post
i
espo se
to
its
questio s
about
the
ope atio .

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