{"id":42736,"date":"2026-08-13T08:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42736"},"modified":"2026-08-13T08:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:15:55","slug":"chuck-schumer-slams-donald-trumps-secret-turkey-exit-via-decoy-plane-demands-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42736","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Schumer slams Donald Trump&#8217;s secret Turkey exit via decoy plane, demands briefing"},"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<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/schumerchuck_080426nk04_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n        <iframe id=\"instaread_iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audio Article\" style=\"display:block\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p><\/instaread-player><\/p>\n<p>Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday demanded the Trump administration brief lawmakers on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/6021771-donald-trump-security-concerns-air-force-one-plane-switch-nato-summit-third-air-force-one\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/6021771-donald-trump-security-concerns-air-force-one-plane-switch-nato-summit-third-air-force-one\/\">Secret Service\u2019s recent move<\/a> to fly President Trump back from the NATO summit in Turkey last month using a decoy plane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate should be immediately briefed on the Iranian threats against the President, the extraordinary measures taken to get him out of Turkey, any risks posed to U.S. personnel, and any threat to the homeland,\u201d Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/2087270819634573759?s=20\">said in a statement<\/a> shared on the social platform X.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Trump left Ankara on the alternate aircraft because of a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/6023425-trump-air-force-one-turkey-secret-service-ruse\/\">assassination threat<\/a> from Iran, The Washington Post first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/08\/10\/trump-flew-secrecy-amid-iran-threat-air-force-one-became-decoy\/\">reported Monday<\/a>. After initially boarding the old Air Force One for the trip from Turkey to the U.K., the president secretly left the aircraft, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/6021771-donald-trump-security-concerns-air-force-one-plane-switch-nato-summit-third-air-force-one\/\">hopped in a catering truck<\/a> and boarded a smaller Air Force C-32A plane.<\/p>\n<p>The press pool traveling with Trump believed him to be on the same plane it was on and was unaware of his movements.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/6023464-clinton-decoy-plane-pakistan\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/6023464-clinton-decoy-plane-pakistan\/\">called the ploy<\/a> \u201cunacceptable\u201d and blasted the administration for keeping Congress \u201cin the dark.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The New York Democrat added, \u201cTrump has put America\u2019s sons and daughters in harm\u2019s way by getting into an unnecessary and reckless war, and this administration has repeatedly refused to provide Congress and the public with the transparency they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer also said Congress should \u201creassert its constitutional authority\u201d and bring the Iran war \u201cto an end.\u201d The conflict is in its sixth month, with the president and Iranian officials <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/6006709-trump-iran-diplomacy-strait-hormuz\/\">trading barbs<\/a> amid <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/6018878-trump-us-munitions-stockpile-iran\/\">fraught negotiations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both chambers have, with bipartisan support, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5936650-iran-war-powers-senate\/\">passed war powers resolutions<\/a> instructing the president to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5985147-iran-war-powers-resolution-house-vote\/\">wind down the war<\/a>. Trump and administration officials, though, have argued the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/5864920-rubio-argues-war-powers-unconstitutional\/\">War Powers Act is unconstitutional<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\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>Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday demanded the Trump administration brief lawmakers on the Secret Service\u2019s recent move to fly President Trump back from the NATO summit in Turkey last month using a decoy plane. \u201cThe Senate should be immediately briefed on the Iranian threats against the President, the extraordinary measures taken to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/schumerchuck_080426nk04_w.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}