Trump Used a Decoy Plane to Sneak Out of Turkey, a Trick Bill Clinton Pulled 25 Years Earlier Flying Into Pakistan
by Jerome London · Thought CatalogUpdated 6 hours ago, August 11, 2026
A presidential travel maneuver dating back to the Clinton era resurfaced this year, when Donald Trump reportedly used a decoy aircraft to leave Turkey undetected.
Both times, the White House said the president was on the regular Air Force One while he was actually flying on a second, unmarked plane.
Trump did it leaving Turkey in July over Iranian threats. Clinton did it 25 years earlier, slipping into Pakistan on a plane trailing the decoy.
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