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Trump switched planes in Turkey earlier this month because of threat from Iran proxy forces – report

Trump waves from the top of the stairs at the door of Air Force One.
Donald Trump boards the Qatari-gifted Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on 1 July 2026. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump switched aircraft before departing Turkey earlier this month after US officials determined there was a credible threat from Iranian proxy forces targeting him and Air Force One, according to a new report from the New York Times.

The threat surfaced while the US president was attending the Nato summit. He had arrived in Ankara onboard the new Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8, an aircraft that Trump acknowledged does not have the same advanced defensive systems as the older Air Force One.

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