For weeks, members of the White House press corps thought they traveled with President Trump from Turkey on Air Force One, only to find out he secretly exited the plane via a catering truck to fly on a different aircraft. Vaughn Hillyard explains why the White House’s security concerns don’t fully explain its decision to keep the press in the dark.
President Trump’s Air Force One subterfuge pales in comparison to the secrecy surrounding Russia’s president, whose fixation on security has reached new heights in recent years.
Alarming new reporting finds that Donald Trump used his own staff and White House journalists as decoys amid security threats from Iran – having them fly out of Turkey on the old Air Force One while he secretly flew out on a separate unmarked aircraft. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Maggie Haberman for analysis on Deadline White House.
