Trump took secret flight out of Turkey due to Iran threat, the #WashingtonPost reports

U.S. President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported.
The ​White House said at the time that the president was flying aboard Air Force One from Turkey, where he had attended a NATO ‌summit, to Britain. But moments after Trump had boarded the plane, he left it in secret via the catering truck and boarded another aircraft for the flight to Britain, the Post said on Monday, quoting unnamed sources.

The New York Times carried a similar report, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.
Trump had taken a newly renovated Qatari-donated jet to Ankara for the NATO summit but unexpectedly announced he would use ​an older Air Force One when departing the country, a move that prompted questions about the newer plane's security.
The trip to NATO was the first ​international travel for the new plane, whose speedy upgrades triggered questions over its cost and security, and took place as hostilities escalated ⁠with Iran, which borders Turkey.
Before departing Ankara, Trump said on Truth Social that he would use an older baby blue Air Force One plane "for old time's sake" ​to RAF Mildenhall in Britain while the new plane stopped at the same base so U.S. service members stationed there could tour the aircraft.

After Trump boarded the old Air ​Force One in front of cameras in Ankara, he was secretly shuttled by the airport catering truck to a smaller plane, an Air Force C-32A, the Post reported citing a U.S. official familiar with the operation and corroborating material it reviewed.