Jammu, Aug. 12 -- For the first time, the U.S. President avoided his usual spectacle
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers
By the time the cameras saw Donald Trump climbing the steps of Air Force One at Ankara, the most important part of his journey had already become a deception. The president was about to disappear - literally into a catering container - and leave Turkey aboard a completely different aircraft.
It looked like a routine presidential departure. Donald Trump walked towards the familiar blue-and-white Boeing 747 at Ankara's Etimesgut Air Base, waved to the cameras and boarded the aircraft. Television pictures showed exactly what the White House wanted the world to believe: the President of the United States was leaving Turkey aboard th...