Photo
mocki g
T ump
posted
o
X
by
I a
embassy
i
South
Af ica
I a ia
state
media
has
mocked
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
ove
the
sec et
ai c aft
switch
that
took
place
du i g
his
depa tu e
f om
Tu key
last
mo th,
po t ayi g
the
episode
as
evide ce
of
Washi gto ‘s
fea
of
I a ‘s
milita y
capabilities.A
p ese te
o
I a ia
state
televisio
desc ibed
the
i cide t
as
a
ew
“sca dal”
fo
T ump
a d
said
it
had
become
a
sou ce
of
humiliatio
fo
the
US
p eside t.
The
comme ts
came
afte
ew
details
eme ged
about
the
secu ity
ope atio
du i g
T ump’s
etu
f om
the
Nato
summit
i
A ka a.
The
ope atio
was
p ompted
by
what
US
officials
desc ibed
as
a
c edible
th eat
that
the
p eside tial
ai c aft
could
be
ta geted
by
a
shoulde -fi ed
missile.
T ump
was
sec etly
moved
f om
Ai
Fo ce
O e
to
a
smalle
C-32A
gove me t
jet,
while
the
la ge
p eside tial
ai c aft
left
sepa ately
with
se io
admi ist atio
officials,
staff
a d
jou alists
o
boa d.The
New
Yo k
Times
had
epo ted
that
US
i tellige ce
also
fou d
that
I a ia
ope atives
k ew
whe e
T ump
was
stayi g
i
A ka a,
i cludi g
the
floo
of
his
hotel.
Teh a
has
ot
officially
comme ted
o
those
allegatio s
o
the
ai c aft
switch.
The
episode
quickly
became
mate ial
fo
I a ia
p opaga da
a d
social
media.
I a ‘s
embassy
i
South
Af ica
posted
a
meme
showi g
T ump
i side
a
cate i g
box
filled
with
food,
alo gside
a
wa i g
that
he
would
“be
hidde
i
a
t ash
ca
befo e
lo g”.
I
a
follow
up
post
I a
claimed
that,
“The
o e
they
claimed
was
hidi g
i
a
bu ke
was
ma ty ed
i
his
office.
Yet
the
o e
who
boasted
about
his
massive
wa ships
a d
adva ced
B-2
bombe s
e ded
up
fleei g
i
a
food
t uck.”
The
cate i g
t uck
was
epo tedly
used
to
co ceal
T ump
a d
a
small
g oup
of
aides
as
they
moved
f om
the
p eside tial
ai c aft
to
the
smalle
jet
o
July
8.I a ia
state
media
also
poi ted
to
the
b oade
symbolism
of
the
i cide t,
with
a
televisio
p ese te
a gui g
that
the
ext ao di a y
secu ity
measu es
demo st ated
the
each
of
I a ‘s
milita y
powe .
Teh a
has
p eviously
ejected
US
allegatio s
that
it
was
i volved
i
plots
agai st
T ump.