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President Trump explains plane switch following Iranian threats against Air Force One

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President Trump explains plane switch following Iranian threats against Air Force One

 
US President Donald Trump has explained why he secretly switched planes after an Iranian threat against Air Force One, saying the decision was made by the Secret Service and military officials.
 
The president was smuggled from an Air Force One jet onto a smaller C-32A aircraft via a catering truck after intelligence officials raised concerns of a possible Iranian assassination attempt.
 
Trump said on Tuesday that he consented to the switch following a request from the Secret Service.
 
‘I just follow what they’d like me to do,’ he said when asked about the plot as he was on his way back from the 2026 Patriot Games in Ohio. ‘They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety, so I do it. I do what they say.’
 
He also minimized the significance of the intel that prompted the secret flight.
 
‘I guess there was a threat out there. I didn’t really ask too much about it. I get a lot of threats,’ Trump added.
 
The president also said he felt the C-32A he was aboard was more dangerous than the Air Force One jet, which took off with unsuspecting journalists and White House staffers on board as a decoy.
 
‘I think actually the plane that I flew on was at greater risk! I think it was at greater risk because that would be the plane, I think that they would be more likely to go for it,’ he said.
 
The president initially flew to the summit in Turkey aboard a new Qatari-gifted 747-8 jet before announcing he would return via the UK on an older Air Force One model ‘for old times’ sake.’
 
He was seen boarding the legacy Air Force One jet in Ankara before he covertly entered a food container that had been fitted to the belly of the plane, The New York Times reported.
 
From there, a catering truck drove the container to the waiting C-32A, and it was lifted to the plane, according to the Washington Post.
 
The elaborate ruse fooled those on board the old Air Force One, leaving unsuspecting journalists and even some senior White House staffers none the wiser as they flew aboard the ‘decoy’ Air Force One.
 
Journalists, believing Trump was aboard, were instructed to close their window shades.
 
After the two planes landed in the UK, Trump was apparently smuggled from the C-32A back to the legacy Air Force One jet and was seen descending on external stairs.  

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