Secret Service swapped Trump's plane at NATO over Iran threat
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- Secret Service flew Trump out of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey last month on an alternate aircraft as a deception ruse in response to an Iranian assassination threat, per a newly reported account
- Trump departed Ankara specifically on the substitute plane because of the threat, and the episode is drawing scrutiny of his security posture during international trips
Why it matters: The use of a deception protocol to extract the president from a major allied summit signals that the Iranian threat was judged credible and operational, which will likely sharpen oversight of Trump's overseas security logistics going forward.
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