# Trump secretly swapped planes in Turkey over Iran threat, report says

https://mins.news/en/item/18846

- France 24, 2026-08-11 08:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260811-trump-secretly-swapped-planes-in-turkey-over-iran-threat-report-says

> The Washington Post reported that US President Donald Trump left Turkey last month on a covert military flight. The White House had said at the time that he was travelling aboard Air Force One. The report linked the unusual move to an Iranian assassination threat. It described the operation as extraordinary.

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