
VIDEO: Footage Possibly Shows Catering Truck Transferring Trump From Air Force One Amid Iran Threat
Following Monday’s report by the Washington Post on President Trump’s secret three plane switch in Turkey amid an Iranian assassination threat, video has surfaced that appears to show the Turkish catering truck described in the report, which was used to transfer Trump from the older Air Force One to a smaller military aircraft in Turkey last month.
According to the Post’s reporting, Trump was publicly seen boarding the older Air Force One jumbo jet in full view of television cameras before leaving Turkey, instead of hsing the new Qatari gifted plane. Minutes later, he and several aides reportedly exited through a door on the opposite side of the aircraft and were driven by an airport catering truck normally used to load food and supplies, to a nearby Air Force C-32A, a much smaller modified Boeing 757, and transferred onto that aircraft instead.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth boarded the C-32A separately via external stairs in an effort to make the flight appear routine. Meanwhile, per the report, members of the White House press corps and some staff boarded the “decoy” Air Force One believing Trump was traveling with them, and were instructed to close their window shades before takeoff.
The two aircraft landed minutes apart at RAF Mildenhall in Britain. Trump was then transferred back onto the original Air Force One before appearing on camera descending its external stairs, maintaining the public appearance that he’d been aboard that plane the entire flight.
The elaborate operation reportedly stemmed from a credible threat from Iran and allied groups to fire a missile at the presidential aircraft.