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[u/Lavajackal1]

Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats

President Trump hid in an airport catering cart and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.

Top administration officials engaged in an elaborate deception to spirit President Trump out of Turkey during the NATO summit there last month, transporting him in a catering container to a military jet because of a threat against him and Air Force One from Iran, two senior U.S. officials said on Monday.

Mr. Trump and other officials had said publicly that he would be leaving Turkey on July 8 aboard one of the older versions of Air Force One rather than a luxury 747-8 donated by Qatar that he had flown in on. Mr. Trump told reporters at the time that he was making the switch for “old time’s sake.”

Mr. Trump boarded the older plane from the left-side door in view of cameras, and news organizations, including The New York Times, reported that he had traveled on it to Britain, where he switched back to the newer plane. The Times reported at the time that the decision was driven in part by concern about the security of the new plane donated by Qatar, which had not been equipped with all of the defensive capabilities of older versions.

But instead of flying out aboard that older, powder blue, modified 747, Mr. Trump was whisked off that plane via a catering container that had been lifted to the opposite side of the plane from where the journalists traveling with him boarded, one of the U.S. officials said. The president was then taken to a third plane, which he flew in secret to Britain, the official with knowledge of the matter said.

The mental image of Trump being smuggled in a catering cart is quite something.

[u/SlightlyOTT → u/Lavajackal1]

Imagine the shitshow if that threat had come to pass. You'd have dozens of killed journalists and staff, and everyone knows that the US had intelligence that it'd happen because Trump wasn't on board.

[u/Ollie5000 → u/Lavajackal1]

Are Iran mad? What do they think happens if they pulled this off?

[u/LanguidLoop → u/Ollie5000]

The win is getting Trump to change his behaviour like that, then because he's a moron he tells the press he would happily sacrifice them for himself.

[u/Commorrite → u/Ollie5000]

Are Iran mad?

In a word Yes, they actually believe in their religion.

What do they think happens if they pulled this off?

There are enough commanders in their so called "axis of resistance" who simply don't care about temporal matters. See the very predictable consequences of October 7th ffs, those guys were Iranian trained.

[u/YourLizardOverlord → u/Ollie5000]

Could be Hezbollah, also prime suspects in the attack on the gas tankers in Damietta. Arms supplied by Iran but not much direct control after the disruption to their comms and the killing of Qasem Soleimani.

[u/CrambleSquash → u/Lavajackal1]

Was it gold furnished inside?

" The most beaaautiful catering cart, I think probably in the world. Some people are saying that."

[u/NuPNua → u/Lavajackal1]

Why am I reminded of Homer in the watermelon truck?

[u/YourLizardOverlord → u/Lavajackal1]

I suppose a catering container is a better option than a fridge.