The Aporia · Secret Service director reveals Trump decoy plane stunt wasn’t the first time

Sean Curran, the Secret Service director, told CBS News's 60 Minutes that President Donald Trump’s recent transfer to a smaller plane during his trip to Turkey was not an unprecedented security measure. The agency has used decoy planes before, as evidenced by a similar maneuver involving former President Bill Clinton in Pakistan in 2000. During the NATO summit, Trump boarded one aircraft while secretly transferring to another via an airport catering truck to avoid detection from potential threats.

Written by AI on 2026-10-09, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Secret Service Director Sean Curran revealed on CBS's 60 Minutes that President Donald Trump was secretly transferred to a smaller military aircraft during his July trip to Turkey. Trump boarded the former Air Force One but minutes later, he was covertly moved to an Air Force C-32A inside an airport catering truck used for delivering supplies. The larger Boeing 747 continued as a decoy with media and some White House staff onboard while Trump, joined by War Secretary Pete Hegseth and aides Natalie Harp, Dan Scavino, and Walt Nauta, left on the alternate aircraft. This security maneuver was in response to an Iranian assassination threat against the president and was not the first time such a tactic had been used by the Secret Service. Curran expressed concern that revealing these tactics could compromise future operations.

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After Trump was filmed boarding the former Air Force One, he was secretly transferred minutes later to a smaller military aircraft, an Air Force C-32A. The transfer took place inside an airport catering truck typically used to deliver meals and other supplies to aircraft before departure.

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🔮 The administration maintained that Trump departed Turkey aboard the former Air Force One, the aircraft he had publicly announced he would use instead of the newer Boeing 747 gifted to the United States by Qatar.

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Secret Service Director Sean Curran said the agency has used decoy aircraft before, following President Donald Trump’s transfer to a second plane during a July trip to Turkey. asserted

agency → say → Turkey

“Look, that’s not the first time we’ve done that,” Curran said on CBS News’s 60 Minutes. asserted

Curran → look → Minutes

“We wish that wasn’t reported because that takes some of our tactics away from being able to do something similar again.” asserted

that → wish → something

Trump’s departure from Ankara during the NATO summit involved an elaborate security maneuver intended to conceal his movements due to an Iranian assassination threat. asserted

departure → involve → threat

transfer → film → departure

The larger Boeing 747 continued to serve as a decoy, with members of the media and some White House staff aboard, while the president left on the alternate aircraft. asserted

president → continue → aircraft

Trump was joined by War Secretary Pete Hegseth and aides Natalie Harp, Dan Scavino, and Walt Nauta. asserted

Trump → join → Hegseth

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flew back from Turkey on the Boeing 747 to preserve the presidential line of succession and were reportedly aware of the operation. uncertain

Rubio → fly → operation

The administration maintained that Trump departed Turkey aboard the former Air Force One, the aircraft he had publicly announced he would use instead of the newer Boeing 747 gifted to the United States by Qatar. asserted

he → maintain → Qatar

There have been previous examples of presidents using alternate aircraft for security purposes. asserted

presidents → use → purposes

During a March 2000 trip to Islamabad, Pakistan, former President Bill Clinton was filmed walking down a red carpet toward a military transport plane. asserted

Clinton → film → plane

Instead of boarding the military aircraft, Clinton slipped around the front and boarded an unmarked Gulfstream jet parked nearby. asserted

Clinton → board → jet

In Trump’s case, however, White House officials continued to maintain that he had departed aboard the larger aircraft, leaving the media out of the loop. asserted

he → continue → loop

Secret Service director reveals Trump decoy plane stunt wasn’t the first time

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