- President Donald Trump was secretly transferred off Air Force One onto a smaller military plane during his return from July’s Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey.
- The covert operation was executed using a hydraulic catering cart, following intelligence warnings of a potential Iranian assassination threat targeting Trump.
- Press and White House personnel were kept unaware of the switch, believing that Trump remained aboard the primary aircraft as it flew to RAF Mildenhall in the UK.
- White House communications director Steven Cheung said that all available tools are used to address threats against the president.
- Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal has demanded a congressional inquiry into the covert operation, describing the incident as “unprecedented” and “surreal”.
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