Trump's Turkey takeout: World's most protected man spirited out in catering container
US President Donald Trump was reportedly transported in a catering vehicle during a departure from Turkey to avoid a credible Iranian assassination threat. The incident highlights the extreme security measures required for high-profile political figures amidst ongoing global tensions.
Why it matters
It underscores the heightened security risks facing world leaders and the logistical complexities of protecting them in volatile geopolitical environments.
TOI correspondent in Washington: US President Donald Trump, commander-in-chief of the world’s greatest military power, was reduced last month to something closer to a VIP hors d’oeuvre when American security officials reportedly stuffed him into a catering container to spirit him out of Turkey.Trump’s security team, worried about a credible Iranian threat to his life, devised an elaborate ruse during his departure from Ankara after the Nato summit. According to The Washington Post and The New York Times, Trump publicly boarded the older Air Force One, in full view of cameras, but minutes later, the MAGA supremo and a small group of aides were secretly moved from the presidential aircraft in an airport catering vehicle and transferred to a smaller Air Force C-32A.That plane then whisked him toward Britain on a four-hour flight while the decoy Air Force One followed.
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