# Trump says plane he switched to faced ‘greater risk’

https://mins.news/en/video/19849

- Reuters, 2026-08-12 07:12 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj0msH9OmLo

> Donald Trump confirmed that he secretly changed planes in Turkey last month. The Air Force One carrying staff members and journalists was left behind as a decoy. Trump said the aircraft he actually boarded was exposed to a “greater risk.”

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