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Members of Trump's cabinet remained on decoy plane, after president's quiet exit

During a NATO summit in Turkey last month, President Trump secretly exited a plane designated as Air Force One for security reasons related to Iran. Two cabinet members, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, remained on the decoy aircraft.

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Members of Trump's cabinet remained on decoy plane, after president's quiet exit
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During a NATO summit in Turkey last month, President Trump secretly exited a plane designated as Air Force One for security reasons related to Iran. Two cabinet members, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, remained on the decoy aircraft. Trump was reportedly transported via a catering truck to a different military plane. The decoy plane maintained the "Air Force One" call signal, while the president boarded a separate craft. Rubio and Bessent stayed on the initial plane to maintain the line of presidential succession in case of an incident involving Trump. Other officials, including Stephen Miller and Steven Cheung, also remained on the decoy plane.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent remained aboard what was believed to be Air Force One.

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Two members of Trump's cabinet remained on a decoy plane after President Trump secretly exited before boarding a different flight in Turkey.

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Rubio and Bessent remained on board the first aircraft to maintain the line of succession.

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Trump hid on a catering truck to be clandestinely transported to a military plane.

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Two members of US President Donald Trump's cabinet were on a decoy plane that Trump secretly exited before boarding a different flight in Turkey last month, CBS News reports.Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent remained aboard what was believed to be Air Force One and did not join the flight provided to Trump over security concerns involving Iran. After Trump entered Air Force One on 8 July with both officials and members of the press, he hid on a catering truck to be clandestinely transported to a military plane.The label "Air Force One" applies to any plane the president is on, but in this case the original craft kept the call signal, turning it into a decoy.According to CBS - the BBC's US partner - Rubio and Bessent remained on board the first aircraft to maintain the line of succession in the event something happened to TrumpIn the event that the president dies or is incapacitated, Vice-President JD Vance would take power, followed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The Secretary of State comes next in line, followed by the treasury secretary. Others who stayed on the initial aircraft designated as Air Force One included White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Steven Cheung, the White House's communications director.
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