Trump’s Last-Minute Plane Switch In Turkey Was Triggered By Missile Threat: Report

A
shoulde -fi ed
missile
th eat
ta geti g
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
p ompted
the
Sec et
Se vice
to
make
a
last-mi ute
cha ge
to
his
t avel
a a geme ts
du i g
his
visit
to
Tu key
last
mo th,
acco di g
to
a
Reute s
epo t.

The
th eat
eme ged
o
the
fi al
day
of
T ump& squo;s
t ip
to
A ka a
fo
the
NATO
summit,
at
a
time
whe
te sio s
with
I a
we e
i te sifyi g.
A
sou ce
familia
with
the
matte
told
Reute s
that
the
Sec et
Se vice
co side ed
the
th eat
“c edible
a d
immi e t& dquo;
a d
had
little
time
to
put
a
alte ative
pla
i
place.

“They
we e
sc ambli g
to
head
off
what
they
thought
was
a
c edible,
immi e t
th eat,& dquo;
the
sou ce
said,
while
decli i g
to
disclose
whe e
the
i tellige ce
had
o igi ated.

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I a
K ew
T ump& squo;s
Exact
A ka a
Locatio
Du i g
NATO
Summit:
Repo t

T ump
Sec etly
Switched
To
Smalle
Gove me t
Jet

Officials
decided
it
was
i
T ump& squo;s
best
i te est
to
keep
the
ope atio
sec et
as
te sio s
with
I a
emai ed
high,
the
sou ce
said.
I a
bo de s
Tu key,
addi g
to
co ce s
su ou di g
the
p eside t& squo;s
moveme ts.

O
July
8,
T ump
a d
a
small
g oup
of
aides
quietly
t a sfe ed
f om
Ai
Fo ce
O e
to
a
smalle
C-32A
gove me t
jet
befo e
depa ti g
Tu key.
The
t a sfe
was
ca ied
out
usi g
a
cate i g
t uck,
while
Ai
Fo ce
O e
left
sepa ately
ca yi g
se io
officials,
White
House
staff
a d
jou alists.

A
seco d
sou ce
told
Reute s
the e
was
o
defi ite
pla
to
lau ch
a
attack,
but
the e
appea ed
to
be
a
i te tio
to
ta get
T ump.
That
assessme t
allowed
both
ai c aft
to
co ti ue
flyi g
athe
tha
g ou di g
the
p eside tial
ai c aft.

T ump
Co fi ms
Sec et
Se vice
O de ed
Pla e
Switch

T ump
co fi med
o
Tuesday
that
the
Sec et
Se vice
had
i st ucted
him
to
cha ge
ai c aft.
He
said
he
believed
the
pla e
he
ultimately
flew
o
was
actually
at
g eate
isk.

“I
thi k
it
was
at
​g eate
isk
because
that
would
be
the
pla e
I
thi k
that
they
would
be
mo e
likely
to
go
fo ,& dquo;
T ump
said,
without
p ovidi g
evide ce
fo
the
assessme t.

The
p eside t
did
ot
p ovide
fu the
details
about
the
atu e
of
the
th eat
o
the
i tellige ce
behi d
the
decisio .

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‘P aise
Be
To
Allah!& squo;:
T ump
Claims
US
Has
‘Total
Co t ol& squo;
Of
St ait
Of
Ho muz

Heat-Seeki g
Missile
May
Have
Bee
Co side ed

The
epo ted
th eat
may
have
i volved
a
ewe
type
of
heat-seeki g
missile
capable
of
locki g
o
to
a
ai c aft& squo;s
hot
e gi es,
Douglas
Bi key,
executive
di ecto
of
the
Mitchell
I stitute
fo
Ae ospace
Studies,
told
Reute s.

Such
weapo s
ca
be
mo e
difficult
to
detect
because
they
do
ot
emit
adio
sig als,
Bi key
said.
He
cited
the
I a ia
SA-67
a d
Russia -made
9K333
Ve ba
as
examples
of
shoulde -fi ed
systems
that
use
heat-seeki g
tech ology.

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