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# How Trump secretly switched planes amid threat from Iran
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/newshour/extras/flight-risk-1786482870/
- Published: 2026-08-12T01:00:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-12T04:00:27.000Z
- Description: How a catering truck helped Trump secretly switch planes amid threat from Iran
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS News Hour, #ZZZ_Show_fe87d6dc-6a0c-4ffb-800c-e787276ea730, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_8d6345f6-95eb-4a1e-bde6-fbec92fdbbdb, #extra

The News Hour has confirmed the Washington Post's reporting on extraordinary, secret security measures taken to protect President Trump. The president switched planes not once, but twice while leaving last month's NATO summit in Turkey. A transfer from the legacy Air Force One to a smaller aircraft, by way of a catering truck, had not been known until now. Nick Schifrin reports.