Trump says his decoy plane faced ‘greater risk’ in secret flight change

The swap, which happened after the NATO summit on July 8, wasn’t disclosed until this week.Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026United States President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes due to a potential assassination threat from Iran during a NATO summit in Turkiye last month, and that he actually faced a “greater risk” on the decoy plane.“I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane,” Trump told reporters. “I just have to do what they say.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump says ousting FIFA boss Infantino would be ‘terrible’ mistakelist 2 of 3DC residents debate safety gains a year into Trump’s Guard deploymentlist 3 of 3Trump faces lawsuit over push to limit birthright citizenshipend of list“I think actually the plane that I flew on was at greater risk,” he added. “I think it was at greater risk because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for.”The switch, which happened on July 8, involved the president being moved between aircraft in a catering truck and onto a military plane in Ankara, according to US media reports.The White House said nothing publ...