August 12, 2026

Trump's secret flight left 100 staffer and media in danger

Guardian - Democrats have called for a congressional briefing after a charade in which Donald Trump was secretly spirited into a different plane than the one the public and press believed he was travelling on.

When US intelligence allegedly found a credible threat that Iran plotted to kill the president last month, Trump left Air Force One in a catering truck. More than a hundred aides, officials and reporters were kept onboard to fly towards Britain from Turkey, without being told there was a threat to their lives.

“It appears that the idea was we can reduce the danger to President Trump by offering up 100 or so people to be killed by the Iranians in his place,” said Steven Cash, the executive director of the non-profit Steady State who is a former CIA intelligence officer and senior adviser to the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence branch.

  • In this video, the Guardian breaks down the footage from that day, showing how the president reportedly boarded the old Air Force One jet in view of television cameras, and then was secretly shuttled minutes later to a smaller plane via an airport catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies before flight.

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