Nice of him to leave the hacks and aircraft crew etc on the potentially deadly flight as decoys, eh?

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Trump’s secret escape from Air Force One in Turkey turns into memes and jokes for social media
Social media users imagined the president squeezed into everything from a catering cart to a laundry bin

President Donald Trump’s reported covert departure from Turkey aboard an aircraft other than Air Force One has triggered a wave of AI-generated memes and jokes online.

On July 8, following a NATO summit in Turkey, the Republican president quietly left the country on a military aircraft, even as the White House maintained that he was traveling aboard Air Force One, The Washington Post reported Monday.

The operation, reportedly prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, began with the 80-year-old president boarding the older Air Force One in Ankara in full view of cameras. He was later moved in secret to a smaller plane via “an airport catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies,” according to the Post, citing people familiar with the matter. The original Air Force One, still carrying reporters and some administration staffers, served as a “decoy.”

“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 White House spokesperson told the outlet, while defending the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, which reportedly lacks the necessary security measures.

The elaborate maneuver, also reported by The New York Times, quickly became fodder for social media users, who imagined the president squeezed into everything from a catering cart to a laundry bin...



https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-turkey-escape-air-force-one-b3031081.html