{"id":41349,"date":"2026-08-12T18:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41349"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:17:23","slug":"trump-breaks-silence-on-secret-plane-switch-in-turkey-over-possible-iranian-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41349","title":{"rendered":"Trump Breaks Silence on Secret Plane Switch in Turkey Over Possible Iranian Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<p><h3 id=\"trump-isn-t-the-only-president-to-execute-a-decoy-mission\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 font-editorial text-black-coffee text-mobile-h3 lg:scroll-mt-28 lg:text-h3 mb-4\">Trump isn&#8217;t the only President to execute a decoy mission<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Although rare, a decoy maneuver such as this is not unheard of when it comes to presidential travel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">A similar episode occurred in March 2000, when former President Bill Clinton secretly switched to a decoy jet, with all of the markings of Air Force One,\u00a0 as he traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan for a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Archives\/2000\/03\/25\/Clinton-arrives-in-Pakistan-amid-ultra-tight-security\/8860953960400\/\" target=\"undefined\"> visit marked<\/a> by extraordinary security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">The switch was revealed when a Secret Service agent resembling Clinton stepped out of Air Force One upon touching down in Pakistan, while Clinton disembarked from the second aircraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">However, at least <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/08\/11\/donald-trump-bill-clinton-switched-air-force-one-security\/91254069007\/\" target=\"_self\">one member<\/a> of the White House pool was aware of the ruse: Susan Page, then-president of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association, who was covering the trip for USA TODAY.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Page this week broke her 26-year silence on the briefing that preceded the secret switch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cThey told me about the extraordinary security procedures being taken because of the dangers in flying there, including use of the decoy plane,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/08\/11\/trumps-plane-ruse-echoes-clintons-pakistan-swap-with-one-key-difference\/\" target=\"undefined\">told<\/a> the <em>Post<\/em>. \u201cOf course, the dangers threatened the journalists covering the trip as well as President Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump isn&#8217;t the only President to execute a decoy mission Although rare, a decoy maneuver such as this is not unheard of when it comes to presidential travel. 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