"I did what the intelligence agencies told me to do" - Trump admits leaving Turkey on a military plane

"I did what the secret service told me to do," Trump insisted, confirming that he returned from Turkey last month on a military plane. The US media has been covering Trump's secret return from a NATO summit on a military plane for two days. The president, who gave brief comments to reporters before leaving for Ohio, said that he was only following the instructions of the special services. "There was a threat," Trump concluded.

Last month, when the US president went to Turkey for a NATO summit, American secret services received information about assassination plots against the president on the way back. Trump was taken out of Ankara in a special operation to prevent an alleged attack. It is said that Iran may have planned to assassinate Trump.

The president was not on the specified special service plane. He boarded the plane and was then transferred to a food truck on the other side and taken to the military plane. Trump flew on a military plane to the UK, then returned to Washington on his own special service plane.

The Washington Post, and then almost every major media outlet, wrote about this secret operation. The trick was conceived due to the threat of assassination by Iran. But the most sensitive issue is that the plane that was shown to be carrying the president, but the president did not, was carrying journalists and White House officials.

According to a US official familiar with the plan, the president's whereabouts were kept secret due to security concerns after the war with Iran, and he was taken out of Turkey on a military plane.

Thus, three planes flew to Britain at the same time: a plane that was a gift from Qatar, which Trump did not take off due to security flaws, a main service plane that was shown to be Trump's, and a secret S-32 military plane that also flew to Britain. Trump transferred from it to the main service plane and flew to Washington.

After that, there was widespread discussion in the press about why the new plane donated by Qatar did not take off, which increased questions. The White House and the president have said the plane will be upgraded starting in the fall, and that it will take just a month or two. They cited the plane's failure to meet high safety standards as the reason.

The White House Communications Department did not deny the news when the Washington Post reported it.

"The plane is safe, reliable and equipped with the most advanced technology necessary to meet the requirements of a presidential mission," the Air Force said of the plane donated by Qatar.

The Secret Service has not yet responded to questions about the covert operation. Senators and members of Congress say they are horrified by the incident, calling Trump's unannounced trips "terrifying." They believe the public should be given an explanation for what really happened.

Trump, who appeared before reporters on a flight to Washington, D.C., was asked by the media why the plane's windows were closed.

"You're on a dangerous flight because of the dirty people we have to deal with," the president said. He added that Trump was at the top of Iran's list of people to be killed.

But on August 11, before the president left for Ohio, he confirmed to reporters that this was indeed the case, that he was following a special service directive.

"They wanted me to get on a different flight, on a different plane. The security was the same, but they wanted me to do it, so I did it. There was some kind of threat," Trump said, briefly addressing the issue. But he did not want to say that there was an assassination plot from Iran.