The Washington Post reported that during a return flight from a NATO summit in Ankara, U.S. intelligence had received a credible tip that Iran might target Air Force One with a shoulder-fired missile, prompting the Secret Service to engineer a covert plane swap.
Trump boarded the legacy Air Force One in view of cameras, then was secretly extracted via a food-delivery container and trucked to a smaller aircraft while passengers, including roughly a hundred journalists and aides, were ordered to keep window shades down with no explanation. Both planes flew to an RAF base in the UK, where Trump snuck back onto the original plane before switching to the new Air Force One for the trip home.
Only a handful of aides, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, were told of the swap in advance; Secretary of State Marco Rubio was not among them. When the operation became public, Trump said the plane he flew on was at "greater risk" without offering evidence, and joked to reporters about changing professions.
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