Trump had arrived in Ankara on July 8 for a NATO leaders summit aboard a newly retrofitted Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar and outfitted to serve as the primary Air Force One. CBS News has separately reported that the Secret Service had recommended the older aircraft for security reasons. The truck was lowered and driven across the tarmac to a separate U.S. Air Force C-32A, a military variant of the Boeing 757, which then carried Trump to a refueling stop in the United Kingdom. The disclosure adds new detail to an assassination-threat storyline that has surfaced repeatedly around Trump since before he returned to office. Trump has periodically referenced the broader threat environment surrounding him without detailing specific operational measures like the Turkey switch, at one point describing himself as Iran's "No.