Donald Trump says he leaves the presidential plane after a summit in Turkey because officials want him on a different aircraft, citing a threat. According to Trump, he changes plans during the trip when he is told that he should not remain on the original plane.
Both outlets report that Trump frames the move as a protective decision. The BBC reports that Trump says the US Secret Service requests he switch to a different flight after the NATO summit in Turkey, indicating there may be a possible threat. PerthNow similarly says Trump links the aircraft change to officials wanting him on another plane for threat-related reasons.
While the sources differ slightly in wording—one referring broadly to a “threat” and the other to a “possible threat”—they agree that the change involves a post-summit shift to a different plane and that the rationale is raised by US security officials rather than a public-facing operational explanation from Turkey or NATO.
