US President Donald Trump deflected criticisms about a decision to secretly fly him out of Turkey on a different aircraft while the White House indicated he was aboard Air Force One, saying the Secret Service and military demanded it in response to unspecified safety threats. “They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety, but they wanted me to do it, so I do it. I do what they say,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday after deplaning Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington while returning from Ohio. The elaborate manoeuvre, first reported by The Washington Post, was prompted by an Iranian assassination threat against Trump. “I don’t know, I think actually the plane that I flew on was at greater risk,” the president said.