All the President’s Planes

12 August - 23 mins
Podcast Series The Daily

When President Trump left Turkey, the White House said publicly that he was boarding the old Air Force One — but that plane was a decoy. In a highly elaborate escape plan prompted by a credible Iranian threat, Trump was secretly moved through a catering cart to a military aircraft, leaving passengers unknowingly flying on the decoy plane.

Today, Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, details the operation’s risks and what it reveals about how seriously the administration views the danger to the president.

Guest: Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.

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President Trump hid in an airport catering container and...

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