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PoliticsBehind the scenes of Trump’s secret plane switch

A CNN review of videos and photos reconstructs the elaborate ruse used to fly President Donald Trump out of Turkey after a covert plane switch. The report follows the timeline of the operation and examines what flight-tracking data showed about the journey. Trump also discusses the Secret Service tactics intended to protect him. The segment includes reactions from a group chat.

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