By
Margaret Hartmann,
senior editor for Intelligencer who has worked at New York since 2012
Trump disembarks from Air Force One jet he didn’t actually fly on in Mildenhall, England, on July 8.
At first glance, reports that President Trump secretly slipped off Air Force One in a catering truck to thwart an Iranian assassination threat sound like a blockbuster political thriller come to life. Upon closer examination, this is almost the exact opposite of President Harrison Ford heroically ditching his escape pod so he could stay aboard Air Force One, personally fighting off a band of terrorists, and saving as many passengers as possible with little concern for his own life.
