It's been revealed (leaked?) that Trump flew out of Turkey not an an older Air Force One, as he'd claimed, but on a C-32A .
The C-32A is a militarized 757.
This would indicate that the Iranian threat against Trump must have been deemed fairly serious, which would necessarily give rise to the question of whether or not the threat still exists.
This behavior would suggest it does:
While I'm a frequent Trump critic, and don't even believe he's actually a legitimate President, I don't blame the efforts to sneak Trump out on another plane if the threats were deemed credible. I do regard the stationing of AAA at a New Jersey golf course to be questionable while we're running out of AAA in the Middle East due to Trump's illegal war there. He could just skip golfing or risk it.
Perhaps of more interest is who was put on the catering van to make the switch in aircraft with Trump. They were Dan Scavino, Walt Nauta and Natalie Harp. The only one you may have heard of is Harp, whose a tall blond fitting into the general Trump harem appearance profile and who has some sort of flunky job with Trump. The White House Press Corps rode the substituted Air Force One back as did some senior White House officials.
Now, I'm not saying everyone should have been on the 757. I do find it interesting that the figures who were allowed to ride the substitute C-32A were not really important people. I'm also not saying that Harp and Trump are doing anything illicit, although I do find Harp to be an odd figure.
I also wonder if every President would have taken this option. I suspect not, but I suspect some would have.
I'm also noting how embarrassing this is. The claimed most powerful military in the world has been defeated by Iran, whose Air Force is so depleted it rarely gets anything in the air, although contrary to some claims, it has during this war, having put an F-14 in the skies on at least one occasion.
It's an existential defeat.
