Trump's secret plane switch took place within a day of credible Iranian missile threat

Key Points:

• Last month, President Trump was secretly moved from the newly retrofitted Air Force One to an older plane via a catering truck after U.S. and Turkish intelligence detected a credible Iranian plot to fire a missile at his presidential jet during the NATO conference in Ankara.
• The National Security Agency, CIA, and Turkey's MIT intelligence service intercepted information about the missile threat, prompting the National Security Council, White House Military Office, and Secret Service to coordinate the plane switch with Washington officials.
• The decoy operation involved Trump flying covertly on a U.S. Air Force-operated C-32A jet while a plane publicly identified as Air Force One carried other officials and members of the press, who were unaware the president was not on board.
• Trump later switched back to the new Qatari-donated Air Force One in the U.K. before returning to Washington, and the use of the decoy aircraft was only publicly revealed recently by major news outlets.
• Trump acknowledged the threat, stating he faces many risks as a consequential president and confirmed the military and Secret Service advised the flight change for his safety, though he was not worried about the situation.