Report: Trump secretly swapped planes in Turkey over Iran threat

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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 diff…

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 diff…

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