00:00Well, it's only up to Secret Service. I just follow what they'd like to do.
00:04So I go by Secret Service and the military.
00:08They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety,
00:13but they wanted me to do it, so I do it. I do what they say.
00:17What was the nature of the threat?
00:19I guess there was a threat out there. I didn't really ask them much about it.
00:23I get a lot of threats. No, not surprised.
00:26I have a lot of threats. I have a lot of threats that you don't know about.
00:30Any consequential president has a lot of threats.
00:33Non-consequential presidents don't get threats.
00:36And I think that I'm maybe the most consequential president.
00:42There's nobody who's done more than me in a period of almost six years.
00:47There's nobody.
01:15A dramatic new report is revealing just how seriously U.S. officials took an alleged Iranian threat against President Donald
01:23Trump.
01:24According to the Washington Post, Trump was secretly moved off Air Force One in a catering truck during a covert
01:31security operation in Turkey.
01:33The extraordinary incident reportedly happened on July 8th as Trump was leaving the NATO summit in Ankara.
01:41Trump was first seen publicly boarding the older Air Force One in front of cameras.
01:46He climbed the stairs, waved to reporters, and appeared to board the aircraft like normal.
01:52But that was reportedly a deception.
01:54Minutes later, Trump and several aides allegedly exited through a door on the opposite side of the aircraft and stepped
02:01into an airport catering truck.
02:03The truck was raised hydraulically to the aircraft door.
02:07It then lowered, drove across the tarmac, and transported Trump to a C-32A military aircraft, a modified Boeing 757
02:17used to transport senior U.S. officials.
02:20The press corps and some White House staff reportedly boarded the 747, believing the president was still aboard.
02:27Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth then boarded the smaller C-32A separately, helping maintain the appearance that everything was proceeding normally.
02:38The C-32A reportedly flew to Britain under the call sign REACH 18, while its tracking systems were switched off.
02:46Meanwhile, the larger 747 carrying the press corps reportedly served as a decoy and later took on the Air Force
02:54One call sign.
02:55Both aircraft eventually arrived at RAF Mildenhall in Britain.
03:00Trump reportedly rejoined the larger aircraft there before continuing his journey.
03:05So why the elaborate deception?
03:08The Washington Post reports that U.S. intelligence had identified a credible Iranian threat to kill Trump,
03:15prompting what a U.S. official described as a deception operation.
03:19The incident reportedly came just one night after U.S. forces renewed strikes against Iran, following the collapse of negotiations.
03:28White House Communications Director Stephen Chung did not deny the report.
03:33He said America's enemies have their sights on the president,
03:36and that the administration uses every tool at our disposal to address those threats.
03:41Trump himself later addressed questions about the unusual security measures.
03:46When asked why reporters had been told to keep their window shades closed,
03:51Trump referred to the possibility of a dangerous flight, because of what he called sleazebags targeting America.
03:57He also said he was number one on Iran's list.
04:02The reported operation highlights the extraordinary security concerns surrounding the president,
04:07amid the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict.
04:10It also raises a striking question.
04:13Was Trump's public departure from Turkey itself part of the deception?
04:18According to the new report, the answer appears to be yes.
04:22What looked like a routine Air Force One departure may have actually been a carefully coordinated decoy operation,
04:29with the president quietly disappearing into a catering truck before leaving Turkey on another military aircraft.
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