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Trump says he switched planes after Nato summit because of possible threat

First publishedAug 11, 21:49 UTC
Last updatedAug 13, 01:22 UTC · 13m ago
22 outletsBBC World, CBS News11 outletBBC World11 outletNBC News11 outletAl Jazeera11 outletThe Guardian US11 outletThe Guardian US11 outletNPR World22 outletsNBC News, The Guardian US44 outletsCBS News, The Hill, BBC US & Canada11 outletCBS News22 outletsFox News Latest, CBS News11 outletABC News22 outletsFox News Latest, NYT US33 outletsCBS News, PBS NewsHour
BBC World9Watch: What is it like to travel on Air Force One with Trump?Open ↗CBS News88/11: CBS Evening NewsOpen ↗BBC World9Trump says he switched planes after Nato summit because of possible threatOpen ↗NBC News8Trump says security threat spurred secret plane swap in TurkeyOpen ↗Al Jazeera7Trump says secret plane switch ‘up to the Secret Service’Open ↗The Guardian US8Trump plays down Air Force One plane switch as criticism grows over ‘decoy’ passengers – US politics liveOpen ↗The Guardian US8Trump’s secret flight switch indicates severity of assassination threat by IranOpen ↗NPR World8Takeaways from Tuesday primaries. And, Iran threat prompted Trump's secret plane swapOpen ↗NBC News8Trump Addresses Elaborate Plane Swap Ruse to Keep Him SafeOpen ↗The Guardian US8Anger after Trump’s secret flight swap appears to offer up staff and media as decoys | First ThingOpen ↗CBS News8Trump addresses secret Air Force One swap as new questions swirlOpen ↗The Hill7Schumer demands briefing on secret Trump flight from TurkeyOpen ↗BBC US & Canada9Watch: Trump tells reporters why he switched planesOpen ↗CBS News8Trump faces questions about staff, journalists left aboard Air Force One facing deadly Iran threatOpen ↗CBS News8Trump speaks out on secret Air Force One plane switch after Iran's missile threatOpen ↗Fox News Latest6White House pushed for protocol to preserve correspondents' credibility after Trump's secret plane switchOpen ↗CBS News8Trump defends plane switch in Turkey as lawmakers demand more answersOpen ↗ABC News8TIMELINE: Trump's elaborate covert exit from Turkey amid Iranian threatOpen ↗Fox News Latest6Trump's Air Force One shell game: How years of decoy tactics led to a catering-truck switchOpen ↗NYT US9Even Some Cabinet Members Didn’t Join Trump’s Secret Flight. Here’s Who Did.Open ↗CBS News8Trump's secret plane switch took place within a day of credible missile threatOpen ↗PBS NewsHour8News Wrap: Trump confirms he was secretly whisked away from Air Force One in TurkeyOpen ↗CBS News8H.R. McMaster on Trump's secret plane switch: "It seems like the system worked"Open ↗
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President Donald Trump disembarking from the old Air Force One at the Mildenhall military base in England on July 8.

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President Donald Trump disembarking from the old Air Force One at the Mildenhall military base in England on July 8.
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23 outlets, average source rating 7.9/10.
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