US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has said he slipped away from Air Force One after a recent summit in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a \u201cdifferent plane\u201d due to a threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane,\u201d Trump said of sneaking off the presidential plane.<\/p>\n
His comments confirmed a report that first appeared in The Washington Post on Monday saying the president stowed away in an airport catering container to slip into another plane while Air Force One \u2014 filled with White House officials, security and support staff, and reporters \u2014 was sent into the sky out of Turkey, essentially as a decoy, in case Iran made good on a credible threat of an attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just have to do what they say,\u201d Trump told reporters after a trip to Ohio.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess there was a threat out there. I didn\u2019t really ask too much about it. I get a lot of threats.\u201d<\/p>\n
He downplayed the risk to the people left on the plane and said the incident did not scare him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think actually the plane that I flew on was at greater risk,\u201d Trump said, without providing many details about the action.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t worry about anything, to be honest. Whatever it is. You know my attitude? Whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTrump: They wanted me to go on a different flight.<\/p>\n
Q: Why was it too dangerous to fly on Air Force one?<\/p>\n
Trump: I don\u2019t know. I think the plane I flew on was at greater risk because that would be the plane they would be more likely to go for. <\/p>\n
Q: Were you worried about shoulder\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/xM7TMd2zFk<\/a><\/p>\n