一名美国政府官员透露，因收到伊朗方面的暗杀威胁，特朗普上月在土耳其设计了一套周密的隐蔽安保方案：他躲进航空配餐卡车，悄悄换乘另一架军用专机离开土耳其。
《华盛顿邮报》率先曝出这一秘闻，CNN 随后予以核实。这次绝密安保行动，足以看出美方为保护特朗普免遭伊朗刺杀采取了何等极端的防护手段。周二被问及这场调包计，特朗普表示自己完全听从特勤局与军方安排。
“他们怎么安排，我就怎么做，一切都听特勤局和军方指挥。当时他们要求我换另一架飞机，安全级别完全一致，但他们坚持这么安排，我只能照办。” 特朗普还补充道，“我猜当时确实存在安全威胁，不过我没细问详情。针对我的威胁从来都层出不穷。”
特朗普此次出访土耳其，搭乘的是卡塔尔赠予美国、计划用作空军一号的全新专机。访问期间，官方对外宣称他会搭乘另一架老旧总统专机返程，CNN 等媒体此前也曾报道，更换飞机是出于安全考量。
但这番说辞只是障眼法。镜头拍到特朗普登上老式空军一号后，他立刻通过配餐运输车悄悄下机，换乘一架体型更小的 C－32A 军用行政机。随后，卡塔尔赠送的新专机、老式空军一号、C－32A 三架飞机分头飞往英国。抵达英国后，特朗普才登上卡塔尔赠送的新专机，飞回美国本土。
过去一个月，公众围绕换飞机一事的讨论，大多聚焦卡塔尔赠机的安保短板。CNN 此前报道，特朗普曾大肆吹捧这架新飞机，但官员认为该机经过改装才能充当总统专机，防护能力不及现有总统机队；特朗普私下也因媒体报道该机缺陷而大为恼火。
如今舆论焦点转向随行记者、工作人员全程不知情，全程搭乘的只是诱饵飞机，以及迫使美方动用如此戏剧化安保手段的伊朗威胁。一名美方官员透露，至少两名内阁高官 —— 国务卿马尔科・卢比奥、财政部长斯科特・贝森特，全程留在老式总统专机上，随诱饵飞机从土耳其起飞，并未陪同特朗普。
特朗普周二晚间表示，他原本搭乘的飞机更容易成为袭击目标，外界并不知道他面临的各类暗杀威胁。“那架飞机风险更高，我认为敌方会优先锁定那架专机下手。”
早前有媒体曝出秘密换飞机的消息，白宫发言人史蒂文・张回应 CNN 采访时称：“这架全新空军一号配备顶尖安防系统，全套高级安保流程，足以保障总统与随行人员安全。正如总统近期所说，美国众多敌对势力都将矛头对准他，我们会动用一切手段化解各类安全威胁。”
一名民主党国会国家安全助理周二透露，国会八大情报监督议员并未收到此次秘密换飞机事件的通报。不过他也表示，总统出行安保安排本就不属于国会深度管辖范畴。“即便不通报完整行动，国会也理应提前知晓这起重大安全威胁。” 参议院民主党领袖查克・舒默称，此事充分说明国会必须 “重申宪法赋予的监督权”，尽快结束与伊朗的冲突。
舒默批评：“国会对此毫不知情，只能通过新闻报道才得知这一重大安全险情，完全无法接受。特朗普贸然发动一场毫无必要、鲁莽的战争，将美国民众置于危险之中，而本届政府屡屡拒绝向国会、公众披露应有的透明信息。”
国会八大情报监督小组中的一名共和党议员助理表示，不便就该小组相关工作发表评论。
周二 CNN 记者询问国务卿卢比奥，明知专机面临袭击风险仍安排空军一号飞行，是否将美国人置于险境，卢比奥刻意回避了该问题。
总统随行记者团（全程跟随总统、记录行程的媒体小组）的现场记录，完整还原了特朗普结束北约峰会、离开安卡拉时这一系列反常操作。
随行记者记录显示，当地时间晚 8 点 26 分，特朗普身处停在安卡拉埃森博阿机场的老式空军一号上。
《政治》记者梅根・梅瑟利的现场手记写道，记者团被要求全程关闭媒体舱遮光帘。这种要求极其罕见，明显是安保升级的信号。特朗普事后解释：“之所以拉上窗帘，是因为此行存在危险，我们不得不提防那些居心叵测的敌人。”
事件曝光后，美国广播公司记者米歇尔・斯托达特补充了现场细节：特勤人员专程返回媒体舱，再次提醒记者关好遮光帘。有摄影记者试图掀开窗帘，立刻被勒令放下。记者向白宫工作人员询问缘由，对方只答复是特勤局要求。
现场视频显示，飞机滑行前约 7 分钟，一辆航空配餐卡车停靠在空军一号机身旁。
这架诱饵老式专机于当地时间晚 10 点 29 分降落在英国米尔登霍尔皇家空军基地。但足足 20 分钟后，记者团才接到通知，安排机翼下方机位拍摄总统下机画面。
间隔时间异乎寻常地漫长，理论上足够特朗普从小型 C－32A 转乘回卡塔尔赠送的新专机，再出现在镜头前作为拍摄对象。作为对比，CNN 记者上周随行出访时，飞机落地到机位架设完成仅间隔 8 分钟。
这个时间差远短于常规流程：通常记者团到位、登机梯架设完毕，总统才会走出机舱。CNN 调取米尔登霍尔基地现场影像，拍摄机位就绪时，登机梯早已摆放到位、机舱舱门敞开，停机坪上安保人员数量也远超平日标准。
随行记者手记记录，晚 11 点 01 分，特朗普登上卡塔尔赠送的全新空军一号，记者拍到他从一架飞机走向另一架专机的画面。
CNN 记者凯特兰・柯林斯、摄影记者哈利勒・阿卜杜拉回忆，此前随总统前往瑞士达沃斯访问时，曾因飞机小型电路故障临时换机，当时白宫禁止拍摄总统转场画面，要求记者等候总统登上新飞机后再开拍。
在卡塔尔赠送的新专机上，记者追问特朗普此番换飞机的缘由。
特朗普对外称，更换飞机只是为了让驻扎在这座英国基地的美军官兵有机会参观总统专机。记者继续追问是否另有安全隐患，他立刻否认：“没有任何问题。”
记者又问为何要求机上记者拉上遮光帘。
特朗普答道：“因为这趟航班本身存在安全风险。” “没人要求我拉自己的窗帘，但如果他们提要求，我肯定照做。”
他还半开玩笑警告记者：“我去哪，你们就得跟着去哪，懂吗？说不定哪天你们就想换份工作了。”
特朗普最终于美国东部时间凌晨 1 点 23 分降落在马里兰州安德鲁斯联合基地，走下空军一号，随后登上总统专属防弹座驾。
随行记者手记记载：“他敬了个礼，迅速登上‘野兽’专车。”
Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey amid security concerns， official says
President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkey last month on an alternate military plane， which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck， as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat， according to a US official．
The clandestine security plan — first reported bythe Washington Postand confirmed by CNN — underscored the lengths American officials went to in order to protect Trump from being assassinated by Iran． Addressing a question about the ploy Tuesday， Trump said he followed the advice of the Secret Service and the military．
“I just follow what they’d like to do． So I go by Secret Service． And the military． They wanted me to go on a different flight， a different plane， equal safety， but they wanted me to do it， so I do it． I do what they say，” Trump said， adding， “I guess there was a threat out there． I didn’t really ask too much about it． I get a lot of threats．”
Trump had flown to Turkey on anew plane gifted by Qatarand meant to be used as Air Force One． But while he was on the trip， officials announced he would fly out on an older presidential plane， which CNN and others had previously reported was due tosecurity concerns．
That， though， was apparently part of the subterfuge． After boarding the older aircraft， a moment caught on camera， Trump secretly got off via the catering vehicle and moved to a smaller Air Force C－32A． The Qatari－gifted plane， the older aircraft used as Air Force One and the C－32A then all departed separately for the UK． Once there， Trump got on board the Qatari－gifted plane and flew home．
For the last month， much of the public discussion about the plane swap had been centered on the security capabilities of the Qatari－donated plane． Trump had boasted about the new aircraft — even though officials felt it was not as secure as other planes because it had to be retrofitted to serve as Air Force One — and thepresident seethed privatelyover coverage of its deficiencies， CNN previously reported．
Now， attention has shifted to reporters and staffers unknowingly flying on a decoy plane — and the nature of the threat that prompted such dramatic security measures． A US official said at least two Cabinet secretaries – Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent – stayed behind on the older presidential aircraft that departed Turkey without Trump aboard．
Trump said Tuesday night that a plane he was on was more likely to be targeted， and that he faced threats that the public does not know about． “The plane that I flew on was at greater risk … Because that would be the plane， I think， that they would be more likely to go for，” he said．
When asked earlier about the reports of the secret plane switch， White House spokesperson Steven Cheung told CNN， “The new Air Force One is a state－of－the－art aircraft that has been fitted with high－level security protocols that ensure the safety of the President and his staff． As the President has said recently， there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him， and we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats．”
A Democratic national security aide said Tuesday that the Gang of Eight — the top lawmakers on Capitol Hill who oversee the intelligence community — was not briefed on the episode， but noted that presidential movements are not something Congress gets deeply involved in managing． “Congress should have been briefed on the threat， if not the episode，” the aide said． Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the episode reinforced why Congress “must reassert its constitutional authority” and end the Iran conflict．
“It is unacceptable that Congress was kept in the dark and instead learned about this serious threat through press reports，” Schumer said． “Trump has put America’s sons and daughters in harm’s way by getting into an unnecessary and reckless war， and this administration has repeatedly refused to provide Congress and the public with the transparency they deserve．”
Republican aide to a member of the Gang of Eight said they could not comment on actions of the group．
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday， meanwhile， ignored a question from CNN about whether the administration put Americans at risk by flying Air Force One while it was under threat．
Details from the presidential travel pool — a group of journalists who travel with the president and document his movements — provide a closer look at the unusual sequence of events surrounding Trump’s departure from Turkey following aconsequential NATO summit．
Trump was aboard the old Air Force One in Ankara as of 8：26 p．m． local time， according to a pool report．
The pool was also “advised to keep our window shades in the press cabin closed，” according to a pool note from Politico’s Megan Messerly． This is extraordinarily unusual， and seemed indicative of a security situation； Trump would later say it was “because you’re probably on a dangerous flight because of the sleaze bags that we have to deal with．”
A supplemental pool note from ABC’s Michelle Stoddart on Tuesday， sent in light of the secret plane revelation， noted that a Secret Secret agent came back to the press cabin to remind the media to keep the shades closed． When a photographer attempted to lift a shade， they were quickly told to lower it again． And when the press inquired with White House staff about why， they said only that it was a request from Secret Service．
Video shows what appeared to be a catering truck parked next to Air Force One at Ankara’s Esenboga Airport during that time， about seven minutes before the aircraft begins taxiing．
The plane then was “wheels down” at RAF Mildenhall in England at 10：29 p．m． local time． But it wasn’t until roughly 20 minutes later that the pool notified news networks that an underwing shot — a camera angle from underneath the wing of the plane — was being set up to capture the president deplaning．
That is an unusually long period of time — and it’s enough that Trump theoretically would be able to get off the smaller plane and back on Air Force One before cameras could capture it． For comparison， CNN was part of the pool on Sunday， when it took roughly eight minutes between wheels down and the underwing shot to be established．
That timing was notably faster than what CNN crews typically experience． Usually， it takes several minutes for the president to deplane after the pool crew has assembled under the aircraft． The pool is generally in position before the first Air Force One door is opened and the stairs for the president are put into place．
CNN reviewed pool video from Mildenhall that showed the stair car already in position and the aircraft door already open when the pool shot came up． There also appeared to be more security personnel on the tarmac than CNN crews are accustomed to seeing．
Trump later boarded the new Qatari－gifted Air Force One at 11：01 p．m．， according to pool notes． The pool captured video of the president walking from one aircraft to the other．
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and photojournalist Khalil Abdallah noted that when they traveled as part of the poolcovering a tripto Davos， Switzerland， and had to turn around and board a new aircraft due to “a minor electrical issue，” the White House did not allow the CNN crew to film Trump transferring between planes． Instead， the crew was instructed to wait until he boarded the new aircraft．
During the flight on the Qatari－gifted plane， Trump was asked what prompted the aircraft switch．
Trump had said the change was to give US service members stationed at the British base “a chance to tour the Aircraft．” Pressed on whether there were any other issues， Trump quickly responded， “no issues．”
Trump was also asked why reporters had been instructed to lower the window shades on the aircraft．
He said it was “because you’re probably on a dangerous flight．”
“They didn’t ask me to close mine， but if they did， I would’ve done it，” Trump added．
“But if I go， you go． Right？” Trump said． “Perhaps someday you want to change professions．”
Trump ultimately landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland and deplaned Air Force One at 1：23 am ET before moving to the presidential limousine．
“He saluted and quickly loaded into the Beast，” a pool note said．
