President Trump secretly switched from the publicly identified Air Force One to a separate military aircraft on his way out of Turkey last month, using a catering truck as cover while Secretaries Rubio and Bessent flew the decoy plane none the wiser to the traveling press.
Defense Secretary Hegseth and several aides joined Trump on the secret flight, while Miller, Scharf, Cheung and others stayed on the decoy with Rubio and Bessent, maintaining the line of succession split. Reporters aboard the decoy were told to keep their window shades closed and believed they were traveling with the president the entire time.
Trump told reporters the switch was the Secret Service's and military's call, prompted by an unspecified threat, and claimed the decoy plane was actually at greater risk than his own. The Washington Post first reported the maneuver, which involved the original Air Force One's transponder being switched off.
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