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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in \u200cTurkey last month at the direction of the U.S. Secret Service, but that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One.
Following a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump was transferred from Air Force One to a military \u200bplane via a catering truck in an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, U.S. media \u200breported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The White House did not disclose the change and it remained a secret until \u2060the Washington Post first reported it on Monday. Some media commentators questioned whether the operation left Trump’s aides and \u200bjournalists traveling with him at risk aboard the plane presumed to be carrying the president.
“I think actually the \u200bplane that I flew on was at greater risk,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday. “I think it was at greater risk because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for.”
After a day of social media \u200bmemes portraying Trump as hiding out in the catering truck, the image-conscious president, who often promotes memes of \u200bhimself as a bold and courageous leader, said he was following the direction of the Secret Service, the agency that protects \u200cthe \u2060president.
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“Well, it’s only up to Secret Service. I just follow what they’d like to do, so I go by Secret Service and the military,” Trump said.
“I guess there was a threat out there. I didn’t really ask too much about it. I get a lot of threats,” Trump said.
The White House said at the time that \u200bthe president was flying aboard \u200bAir Force One from \u2060Turkey to Britain. But moments after Trump boarded the plane, he left it in secret via the catering truck and boarded another aircraft for the flight to \u200bBritain, the Post said on Monday, quoting unnamed sources.
Trump had taken a newly renovated \u200bQatari-donated jet \u2060to Ankara for the NATO summit but unexpectedly announced he would use an older Air Force One when departing the country, a move that prompted questions about the newer plane’s security.
The trip to NATO was the first international travel \u2060for \u200bthe new plane, whose speedy upgrades triggered questions over its cost \u200band security, and took place as hostilities escalated with Iran, which borders Turkey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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