New reporting on an Iranian assassination threat against President Trump contradicts what the White House told the press traveling with the president during a recent trip to Turkey.
President Trump boarded Air Force One as usual on July 8 leaving the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. But “The Washington Post” reports he was then smuggled off the plane in a catering truck and flew on an entirely different aircraft.
NPR hasn’t confirmed the report, but journalists and White House aides who unknowingly flew on the decoy plane were firmly instructed to keep their window shades lowered.
When asked by a reporter later if there were any credible threats by Iran against Air Force One, Trump never let on.
“Well, I have a threat all the time. I’m number one on their list, before you,” Trump said. “But if I go, you go. Right? So perhaps someday you want to change professions.”