# How Donald Trump swapped planes to avoid threat from Iran

https://mins.news/en/video/19481

- BBC News, 2026-08-11 20:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngMlRedHkTQ

> Donald Trump secretly changed aircraft while returning from a Nato meeting last month, according to US media reports. The move was reportedly intended to protect him from a threat to his life from Iran. Trump boarded Air Force One in Ankara on 8 July, then transferred to another plane with assistance from a catering truck. He later left Air Force One in the UK before taking a newer jet gifted by Qatar back to the United States.

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