US intelligence found Iranian operatives had tracked Trump in Ankara, prompting a covert aircraft switch. The deception continued even after he left the immediate danger zone.

A threat that Air Force One could be targeted by a shoulder-fired missile prompted the Secret Service to secretly move President Donald Trump onto a smaller government jet during a trip ​to Turkey last month.

Trump was quietly moved to a separate military jet after an Iranian threat during the NATO summit return. The decoy flight carrying Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent underlined the extraordinary security risks around presidential travel.

Trump and a small group of aides used a catering truck to surreptitiously switch them from the big blue-and-white presidential aircraft to a smaller, nondescript C-32A jet. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he made the switch at the direction of the Secret Service, which is charged with presidential security. He flew from Ankara to a refueling stop in Britain without incident.

Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he made the switch at the direction of the Secret Service, which is charged with presidential security. He flew from Ankara to a refueling stop in Britain without incident.

US intelligence found Iranian operatives had tracked Trump in Ankara, prompting a covert aircraft switch. The deception continued even after he left the immediate danger zone.

Some US intelligence officials pointed out that Tel Aviv's 'kill plot' warning was designed less to inform the US about the threat and more to influence Trump's decision-making and US policy in the region.

Some US intelligence officials pointed out that Tel Aviv's 'kill plot' warning was designed less to inform the US about the threat and more to influence Trump's decision-making and US policy in the region.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey on what was effectively a decoy plane, while President Donald Trump was secreted onto another plane following an Iranian threat.

The two most senior members of President Trump's Cabinet, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, flew out of last month's NATO summit in Turkey on what was effe