Donald Trump says he faced ‘greater risk’ on swapped plane

Donald Trump reportedly took a secret military flight out of Turkey last month in an undercover operation prompted by fears that Iran was planning an assassination attempt against the US president. The operation reportedly involved Trump being...

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Donald Trump says he faced ‘greater risk’ on swapped plane

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