US President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that the Secret Service and military directed him to use a “different plane” when departing T\u00fcrkiye last month following a NATO summit, citing safety concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s only up to the Secret Service. I just follow what they like to do. So I go by the Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, a different plane, equal safety,\u201d Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after returning from Ohio.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey wanted me to do it, so I do it. I do what they say,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess there was a threat out there. I didn’t really ask too much about it. I get a lot of threats,\u201d he added, without elaborating.<\/p>\n
Read:\u00a0Trump boarded secret Turkey flight via catering truck due to Iran threat \u2013 media<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a lot of threats. I have a lot of threats that you don’t know about. Any consequential president has a lot of threats. Non-consequential presidents don’t get threatened. And I think that I may be the most consequential president. Nobody\u2019s done more than me in a period of almost six years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
His remarks came when asked about a report in\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0that he secretly switched aircraft after initially appearing to board Air Force One in Ankara.<\/p>\n
According to the report, Trump was moved from Air Force One to a smaller military aircraft in a covert operation, while Air Force One continued to fly with White House officials, security personnel and journalists aboard.<\/p>\n
The Washington Post\u00a0reported that the operation was prompted by an alleged assassination threat from Iran and involved Trump being moved from Air Force One through an airport catering vehicle before boarding another aircraft.<\/p>\n
The operation took place following Trump’s participation in the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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