On 8 July, US President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One in plain sight of television cameras as he departed the Nato summit in Turkey. But when the mighty Boeing aircraft left Ankara, the president had reportedly already been secretly spirited away via a catering truck to a C-32A, a military version of the Boeing 757, which flew the president to RAF Mildenhall in the UK. Those left on board were unwitting decoys and had no indication that Trump was no longer travelling with them. But deception of this kind is not unusual. "That's very common," said Ronald Kessler, an author who has written extensively on the agency. "There's a long history of strategies to mislead anybody who might be trying to harm the president." Robert McDonald, a former high-ranking Secret Service agent with experience working on presidential security details, told the BBC that smaller-scale deceptions are used frequently during motorcade operations. These motorcades - which often include dozens of security and support vehicles, as well as ambulances and vans carrying White House reporters - typically include two "Beasts", as the enhanced limousine carrying the president is known. While one vehicle carries t
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Read original at BBC →Two members of US President Donald Trump's cabinet flew on a decoy plane last month that Trump secretly exited in order to board a different flight, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News. Secretary of State Marco…
Read original at BBC →President Trump said this week that the decision to switch aircrafts to leave the NATO Summit in Turkey was made at the direction of his security detail and the military. Staff and members of the traveling press pool…
Read original at Fox News →President Donald Trump late Tuesday confirmed reporting from the Washington Post, CNN and others that he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month because of a security threat. “I guess there was a threat out…
Read original at CNN →President Donald Trump’s use of a catering truck in a secret escape from a NATO country amid an Iranian threat is the latest embarrassing twist of a war that repeatedly defies his claims of victory. The Secret Service…
Read original at CNN →President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month due to a possible threat. "I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different…
Read original at BBC →"I got him before he got me. They tried twice. Well, I got him first." That was President Donald Trump's observation, made to ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl, in a phone conversation the day after he launched the US…
Read original at BBC →On 8 July, US President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One in plain sight of television cameras as he departed the Nato summit in Turkey. But when the mighty Boeing aircraft left Ankara, the president had reportedly…
Read original at BBC →Elaborate ruse was used to transport president to military flight from Air Force One in July Donald Trump departed on a secret military flight from Turkey to Britain last month when the White House said he was flying…
Read original at The Guardian →President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkey last month on an alternate military plane, which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck, as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat,…
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Iceland’s freezing temperatures typically last about five months of the year, but the government has chosen a balmy summer day for its pivotal national referendum. Residents of the Nordic island are today voting on another un-thawing of…
View source →Capacity will rise by a record 45GW this year, according to S&P Global Energy. Donald Trump is presiding over an unexpected clean energy boom, as rising electricity demand spurs investment in new capacity despite the US administration’s…
View source →The UK is set to hand over blueprints for its British-French designed Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine – following a similar move from France – allowing Ukraine to produce the weapon domestically. The move sends an important signal,…
View source →Two members of US President Donald Trump's cabinet flew on a decoy plane last month that Trump secretly exited in order to board a different flight, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury…
View source →President Trump said this week that the decision to switch aircrafts to leave the NATO Summit in Turkey was made at the direction of his security detail and the military. Staff and members of the traveling press pool stayed on the original…
View source →President Donald Trump late Tuesday confirmed reporting from the Washington Post, CNN and others that he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month because of a security threat. “I guess there was a threat out there,” he told reporters.…
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