The original plane went on to the U.K. without him, carrying the press pool and White House staff who believed he was up front. On Monday night, one of the Post’s reporters, Dan Lamothe, went on CNN to discuss the scoop with Kaitlan Collins. He told her that his sources had revealed Trump’s clandestine catering truck escape because “there was a hole in public understanding here that needed to be clarified.” Trump snuck off to another plane while his officials and the press went on ahead. It is not, however, the first time Trump’s staff have been left on a plane he had snuck off.