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President Trump publicly boarded Air Force One in Turkey last month, but he never left the country on it, according to the Washington Post
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Trump had flown to Ankara for the NATO summit on the newer, Qatar-donated presidential jet
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Before leaving, he said he would switch to the older Air Force One for old time's sake, and then boarded that plane in front of cameras
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But minutes later, Trump secretly got off on the other side. The Post reports an airport catering truck, you can see it here in the pictures behind the plane
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took the president and a small group of aides across the tarmac to a third plane, an Air Force C-32A
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That plane flew Trump to Britain. The older Air Force One took off also, with reporters and some White House staff aboard
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who believed the president was still with them. So why all the secrecy
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U.S. officials previously told CBS News they had detected a credible plot by Iran and its proxies to fire a missile at the plane carrying Trump
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The Secret Service then moved to a backup plan. The White House now says those kinds of precautions are necessary because enemies of the United States have their sights on the president
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Ever wonder what we learned that doesn't make it into a two-minute story? That's what Offscript is all about
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Longer conversations, extra reporting. And then to make things more complicated, environmental factors often interact with genetics
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And the context behind the headlines from the people who know the stories best
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President Trump chose to go to Michigan and make his presence felt and make himself part of the conversation there
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Unbiased updates off script Thursdays at Straight Arrow
