Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers
Catering trucks are parked near Air Force One as the motorcade carrying Donald Trump arrives following the Nato summit at Ankara international airport on 8 July. Photograph: Alex Brandon/APView image in fullscreenCatering trucks are parked near Air Force One as the motorcade carrying Donald Trump arrives following the Nato summit at Ankara international airport on 8 July. Critics now question why reporters and the public had been deliberately misled.When US intelligence allegedly found a credible threat that Iran plotted to kill him last month, Trump left Air Force One in a catering truck.
- ▪Catering trucks are parked near Air Force One as the motorcade carrying Donald Trump arrives following the Nato summit at Ankara international airport on 8 July.
- ▪Photograph: Alex Brandon/APView image in fullscreenCatering trucks are parked near Air Force One as the motorcade carrying Donald Trump arrives following the Nato summit at Ankara international airport on 8 July.
- ▪Critics now question why reporters and the public had been deliberately misled.When US intelligence allegedly found a credible threat that Iran plotted to kill him last month, Trump left Air Force One in a catering truck.
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Catering trucks are parked near Air Force One as the motorcade carrying Donald Trump arrives following the Nato summit at Ankara international airport on 8 July. Photograph: Alex Brandon/APView image in fullscreenCatering trucks are parked near Air Force One as the motorcade carrying Donald Trump arrives following the Nato summit at Ankara international airport on 8 July. Photograph: Alex Brandon/APDonald TrumpTrump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengersJournalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Joseph Gedeon and David Smith in WashingtonTue 11 Aug 2026 17.46 EDTLast modified on Tue 11 Aug 2026 17.49 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on…
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