On "Connect with Jacob Soboroff": NYT White House correspondent and Donald Trump biographer Maggie Haberman on why the president might have taken his ‘binky’ Natalie Harp, among others, with him on his decoy plane out of Turkey after a NATO summit in July.
An apparent Iranian threat, an airport catering truck and a decoy plane. These are the bizarre details of the plot to sneak President Trump out of Turkey after a NATO summit in July. Jacob Soboroff takes us (literally) inside the ruse.
They thought they were flying with the president. They weren’t. After the NATO summit, President Trump secretly switched planes, leaving the press corps aboard Air Force One without him. One of the reporters, Reuters’ Gram Slattery, joins LiveNOW’s Anna Marsick to tell his story.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent departed from the NATO summit in Turkey last month aboard the same plane President Trump had been secretly moved off of before takeoff, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. A senior U.S. official told The Associated Press that Rubio was aware of the switch and the potential assassination threat against Trump posed by Iran, while Bessent was likely aware but did not know for certain. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6026784-marco-rubio-scott-bessent-donald-trump-air-force-one-decoy-nato-summit/ #trump #rubio #bessent #iran #politics
U.S. fighter jets guarded the decoy Air Force One carrying reporters and senior cabinet members to Britain after President Trump secretly boarded a smaller military aircraft in Turkey, a covert operation triggered by a credible Iranian assassination threat. A senior Trump administration official disclosed the fighter escort to Fox News on Wednesday, pushing back on […] The post Fighter jets escorted 'decoy' Air Force One while Trump flew secret plane out of Turkey appeared first on American Almanac .
U.S. fighter jets guarded the decoy Air Force One carrying reporters and senior cabinet members to Britain after President Trump secretly boarded a smaller military aircraft in Turkey, a covert operation triggered by a credible Iranian assassination threat. A senior Trump administration official disclosed the fighter escort to Fox News on Wednesday, pushing back on concerns that the press corps and White House staff aboard the original plane had been left unprotected during the deception. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were also aboard the decoy aircraft. The operation unfolded after Trump departed a NATO summit in Ankara. Rather than board Air Force One as usual, Trump was smuggled off the tarmac…Open
The New York Times reports that U.S. intelligence knew of a shoulder-fired missile threat against Air Force One, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the threat that forced President Trump to secretly switch planes for his departure from the NATO summit in Turkey last month. Meanwhile, an Iranian source tells Reuters there has been no progress on reviving the interim peace deal with the U.S., while President Trump says the U.S. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. Former Secretary of Defense under the first Trump administration Mark Esper joins Peter Alexander with his insight and analysis.
President Trump confirms he secretly departed the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, last month using an alternate military aircraft amid security concerns involving Iran. #trump #airforceone #potus
We look at President Trump’s exit from Turkey after last month’s NATO summit.
While leaving Turkey after the NATO summit in July, President Trump boarded Air Force One and then was secretly transported off the plane and into a catering van before boarding a military plane. The Washington Post reports the incident happened due to a threat from Iran. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Maggie Haberman for analysis on Deadline White House. Plus, Pentagon Reporter for The Washington Post Dan Lamothe, who broke this story, MS NOW Senior Investigative Reporter Carol Leonnig, former FBI Counterterrorism Senior Executive Christopher O'Leary and Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass join Katy Tur to discuss.
The Weeknight hosts respond to the revelation that Trump secretly swapped planes on his flight home from a NATO summit in Turkey last month amid security threats leaving journalists and staffers aboard Air Force One and the American people in the dark.