# Trump’s secret flight: Retired colonel reacts to ‘extraordinary measures’

https://mins.news/en/video/19433

- CNN, 2026-08-11 18:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPlcckdGX8s

> A US official says Donald Trump secretly left Turkey last month on an alternate military aircraft. Trump reportedly boarded it while concealed inside a catering truck as part of an elaborate deception prompted by an Iranian threat. The clandestine security operation, first reported by The Washington Post and confirmed by CNN, highlighted the lengths US officials took to protect him from an alleged assassination attempt by Iran. Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton reacted to the measures.

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