Trump's Secret Plane Switch Highlights Iran Assassination Threat Amid War

President Donald Trump was secretly moved from Air Force One to a smaller plane via a catering truck during a stop in Turkey last month, following a credible Iranian assassination threat. The ruse, confirmed by US media and the Guardian, involved Trump boarding the jumbo jet in view of cameras before being smuggled out, leaving aides and journalists on the original aircraft, which may have remained a missile target. Trump downplayed the incident, saying the Secret Service wanted him on a different plane, but experts noted that Iran's loss of top leaders in the US-Israeli strikes in February, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made revenge plots plausible. The threat was seen as credible enough to surprise Washington, with Democrats calling for a congressional briefing.