To pull off the maneuver, Trump secretly boarded a catering truck after entering Air Force One in view of press cameras. The catering truck was positioned so that the president could not be seen exiting the presidential plane, which contained some White House staff and media traveling with Trump to a NATO summit. Only a small circle of people was aware that Trump boarded one plane and then secretly transferred to another, according to a U.S. official. Only a small circle of people was aware that Trump boarded one plane and then secretly transferred to another, according to the official. Ena Suto / POOLThe president arrived for the NATO summit on the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, but for the first leg of his return trip home Trump flew on the older version of Air Force One.