In the long tradition of presidents navigating danger in secret, Donald Trump's departure from a NATO summit in Turkey stands apart — not for the threat itself, which was credible and Iranian in origin, but for the silence that followed. For weeks, the White House concealed the commander-in-chief's whereabouts from the press and the public, using Air Force One as a decoy while Trump traveled separately, hidden inside an airport catering container. What distinguishes this moment in the history of presidential security is not the ingenuity of the escape, but the absence of the transparency that