Iran’s fear… Trump escapes in a catering truck!
The president of the world’s most powerful country, instead of traveling aboard Air Force One, reportedly boarded a small military aircraft—and to get there, he used an airport catering truck!
This may sound like a scene from a Hollywood spy movie, but these are details of an unusual incident involving President Donald Trump while returning from the NATO summit in Turkey.
The Times of Israel, citing The Washington Post, reported that in July, when Trump was returning from Turkey, U.S. intelligence agencies became aware of a specific and credible threat against President Trump from Iran.
As a result, a plan was devised that could effectively be described as a deception operation.
Under the plan, Trump initially appeared to board the traditional Air Force One. Cameras were present and journalists were watching, and everything appeared to be proceeding normally.
But behind the scenes, the story was completely different.
According to the report, the president was taken out through another part of the airport aboard an airport catering truck. The truck transported him to another location where a smaller military aircraft, a C-32A, was waiting. Trump then boarded the aircraft and secretly departed for Britain.
Meanwhile, the original Boeing 747 serving as Air Force One took off as scheduled.
Journalists were on board, along with some White House officials who apparently did not know that the president was not actually on the aircraft.
According to the report, journalists were instructed to keep the window shades closed until the aircraft had taken off. In this way, an entire aircraft was used as a decoy, creating the impression that the president was on board.
And the most surprising part?
Trump later appeared before cameras after landing in Britain from the same aircraft, giving the impression that he had been aboard that plane from the very beginning.
This is not merely an interesting security story. It is also a reflection of the fear surrounding Iran.
On the one hand, the U.S. president is portraying military action against Iran as a success. On the other hand, his own movements are reportedly being kept so secret because of the Iranian threat that the president had to be quietly moved from his own aircraft in a catering truck.
In war, it is not only missiles and bombs that are used; fear itself can also be a weapon.
— Masood Abdali
