Elaborate ruse was used to transport president to military flight from Air Force One to return from NATO meet

Prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, Donald Trump departed on a secret military flight from Turkey last month when the White House said he was flying aboard ⁠Air Force One, in an extraordinary ruse that involved hiding the president in an airport catering cart, according to reporting from the Washington Post and the New York Times.

The operation took place when Trump was in Ankara for a Nato summit with world leaders, according to the Post. The president reportedly boarded the old Air Force One jumbo jet in view of television cameras, and then was secretly shuttled minutes later to a smaller plane via an airport catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies preflight, a US official told the Post.

An official also confirmed the operation to the New York Times.

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    2 days ago

    My instinct is that the non-rightwing-shill media are never going to be loud and dumb enough to reach his fans, to change the currents set up by the loud and dumb rightwing-shill media outlets.

    We would need every news outlet, every pundit, every talking head on the internet to tie him to his failures in a radically simplistic, one-sided, emotional way, 24/7, over and over again for years:

    “trump interferes with vaccines for children; why does trump hate America so much?”

    “trump wrecks international shipping with outburst of violence; why does trump hate America so much?”

    “trump covers up food contamination for political donors; why does trump hate America so much?”

    “trump sabotages American farmers with (tariffs / parasites); why does trump hate America so much?”

    “trump sabotages American military with (disease / shortages / ridiculous deployment requirements); why does trump hate America so much?”

    I’m doubtful that this will be possible.