T ump
hid
i
cate i g
ca t
to
s eak
out
of
Tu key
amid
I a ia
th eat,
boa ded
milita y
ai c aft
(AP
file
photo)
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
was
sec etly
moved
i
a
ai po t
cate i g
t uck
to
a
smalle
milita y
ai c aft
afte
boa di g
Ai
Fo ce
O e
i
A ka a,
a
cove t
ope atio
t igge ed
by
a
I a ia
assassi atio
th eat,
The
Washi gto
Post
epo ted
Mo day.T ump
had
i itially
boa ded
the
olde ,
baby-blue
Ai
Fo ce
O e
i
f o t
of
came as
afte
atte di g
the
Nato
summit
i
Tu key.But
afte
getti g
o
the
ai c aft,
he
was
sec etly
shuttled
by
a
ai po t
cate i g
t uck
to
a
Ai
Fo ce
C-32A,
which
the
flew
him
to
B itai ,
the
Post
epo ted,
citi g
a
US
official
familia
with
the
ope atio
a d
co obo ati g
mate ial
it
eviewed.The
ext ao di a y
secu ity
ope atio
came
as
hostilities
with
I a
we e
escalati g.
I a
bo de s
Tu key,
whe e
T ump
had
t avelled
fo
the
Nato
summit
a d
made
his
fi st
i te atio al
t ip
aboa d
a
ewly
e ovated
jet
do ated
by
Qata .The
p eside t’s
u expected
switch
f om
the
ew
ai c aft
to
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
befo e
leavi g
A ka a
had
aised
questio s
ove
the
secu ity
of
the
Qata i-do ated
pla e.T ump
had
said
o
T uth
Social
befo e
depa ti g
A ka a
that
he
would
use
the
olde
baby-blue
Ai
Fo ce
O e
“fo
old
time’s
sake”
to
fly
to
RAF
Milde hall
i
B itai ,
while
the
ew
ai c aft
would
also
stop
at
the
same
base
so
US
se vice
membe s
statio ed
the e
could
tou
it.
Howeve ,
afte
T ump
boa ded
the
olde
ai c aft
i
f o t
of
came as,
he
was
sec etly
t a sfe ed
to
the
C-32A
usi g
a
ai po t
cate i g
t uck,
acco di g
to
the
Post.The
deceptio
ope atio
was
t igge ed
by
a
c edible
th eat
to
T ump,
the
Post
epo ted.
A
simila
ope atio
took
place
i
2000,
whe
P eside t
Bill
Cli to
used
a
u ma ked
executive
jet
to
fly
i to
Pakista
while
se di g
his
fo mal
Ai
Fo ce
O e
as
a
decoy.O
this
occasio ,
jou alists
who
believed
they
we e
t avelli g
with
T ump
aboa d
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
we e
advised
to
keep
thei
wi dow
shades
i
the
p ess
cabi
closed.
The
Post
epo ted
that
some
White
House
staff
also
believed
the
p eside t
was
o
boa d.Whe
epo te s
late
asked
T ump
why
they
had
bee
told
to
keep
the
shades
shut
du i g
the
flight,
he
said
they
we e
“p obably
o
a
da ge ous
flight.”
He
we t
o to
say:
“But
if
I
go,
you
go.
Right?”The
C-32A
ca yi g
T ump
a ived
i
B itai
at
a ou d
10:20
p.m.,
with
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
a d
media
a ivi g
mi utes
late ,
the
Post
epo ted.
It
was
ot
immediately
clea
how
T ump
was
t a sfe ed
f om
the
C-32A
back
to
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e.T ump’s
t avelli g
p ess
pool
epo ted
that
he
climbed
dow
the
stai s
of
the
olde
Ai
Fo ce
O e
at
10:56
p.m.
local
time.
He
gave
epo te s
a
peace
sig
but
did
ot
walk
ove
to
speak
with
them.He
the
spe t
some
time
g eeti g
US
se vice
membe s
befo e
walki g
towa ds
the
ew
Qata -do ated
ai c aft.Asked
about
the
evelatio
that
T ump
had
sec etly
t avelled
o
a
thi d
ai c aft,
the
White
House
p ovided
a
stateme t
f om
Commu icatio s
Di ecto
Steve
Cheu g
sayi g
the
Qata i-do ated
jet
had
bee
fitted
with
high-level
secu ity
p otocols
to
p otect
the
p eside t
a d
his
staff.”As
the
P eside t
has
said
ece tly,
the e
a e
ma y
e emies
of
Ame ica
who
have
thei
sights
o
him,
a d
we
use
eve y
tool
at
ou
disposal
to
add ess
those
th eats,”
Cheu g
said.
