Washington, Aug. 11 -- US President Donald Trump was secretly moved from Air Force One to a smaller military aircraft using an airport catering truck during his departure from Turkey last month, in an elaborate security operation prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, The Washington Post reported.
According to the report, Trump publicly boarded the older Air Force One in Ankara on July 8 after attending the NATO summit. However, minutes later, he and several aides were covertly transferred to a US Air Force C-32A aircraft parked elsewhere on the tarmac.
The unusual operation reportedly involved an airport catering truck being raised to the aircraft door on the side of Air Force One away from the cameras, allowing Trump to leave with...