How US staged Air Force One departure to hide Trump’s secret exit from Turkey

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US President Donald Trump secretly departed Turkey on July 8 using a smaller aircraft instead of Air Force One due to an assassination threat from Iran. The departure was staged with a catering container to mislead media and officials about the true exit method.

US President Donald Trump secretly flew out of Turkey last month on a smaller plane than previously known due to an assassination threat from Iran, The Washington Post reported on Monday. According to an anonymous US official who spoke to the Post, Trump boarded an Air Force One jet in Ankara on July 8, but then moved into a catering container attached to the plane. The container then ferried him to a smaller C-32A aircraft that flew him to Britain, while media and some officials were led to...