In the long history of power and its protection, the powerful have always moved through the world in ways invisible to those around them — but rarely has the gap between public appearance and private reality been so starkly illuminated as when President Trump slipped away from Air Force One in Turkey last month, hidden inside a catering truck while an Iranian assassination threat hung over the tarmac. The Secret Service orchestrated the covert transfer after a NATO summit in Ankara, placing him aboard an unmarked military aircraft while journalists and staff flew onward believing he was among
Trump confirms secret plane switch in Turkey over Iranian assassination threat
Journalists and presidential staff traveling aboard the decoy aircraft were unknowingly exposed to potential security risks during the covert plane transfer operation.