President Donald Trump said on Aug. 11 that the Secret Service had him switch from Air Force One to a military aircraft when leaving Ankara, Turkey, last month due to a security threat.
Trump was departing Turkey after concluding a two-day NATO summit when the Secret Service identified a potential security threat. The president did not elaborate on the nature or origin of the threat.
“It’s only up to secret service. I just follow what they’d like to do. So, I go by secret service and the military. They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane,” he told reporters. …