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Secret Service Director Sean Curran admitted in an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes that President Donald Trump was secretly transported on decoy planes as a security measure. This tactic has been used previously but Curran expressed concern over the disclosure, noting it compromises future operational methods. The incident occurred when Trump and three aides were smuggled onto a decoy plane using a catering truck outside Air Force One in Ankara, Turkey.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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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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- For all the biggest political scoops and hottest gossip delivered to your inbox every Thursday, sign up HERE to our free DC Insider newsletter Secret Service Director Sean Curran revealed that the effort to secretly smuggle President Donald Trump in a decoy Air Force One flight was a security tactic used before by his security team.

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Trump's Secret Service chief stunningly admits president has been secretly smuggled onto more decoy planes · assertive framing

- For all the biggest political scoops and hottest gossip delivered to your inbox every Thursday, sign up HERE to our free DC Insider newsletter Secret Service Director Sean Curran revealed that the effort to secretly smuggle President Donald Trump in a decoy Air Force One flight was a security tactic used before by his security team. asserted

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'Look that's not the first time we've done that,' Curran said in an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes in a preview clip released by CBS on Friday. asserted

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'We wish that wasn't reported, because that takes some of our tactics away from being able to do something similar again,' he added. asserted

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Air Force One parked on the tarmac in Ankara, Turkey, with the catering truck parked outside that carried Trump and three aides onto a decoy plane asserted

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Trump's Secret Service chief stunningly admits president has been secretly smuggled onto more decoy planes

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