Trump uses press and his own staff as decoys amid Iran threat

President Donald Trump secretly switched from the legacy Air Force One to a smaller military C-32A aircraft using an airport catering truck as a decoy maneuver during his departure from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026. The operation, first reported by The Washington Post, was designed to protect the president from a highly credible Iranian assassination and missile threat following renewed U.S. airstrikes against IranBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/today-s-take--6662936/support.