The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One after the Turkey summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse to avoid an Iranian threat.

The president was quietly whisked away and flown on board the smaller Boeing C-32A instead of the larger jet that usually serves as Air Force One.

Donald Trump let the press pool and some of his staff think he was on Air Force One, while really he had been smuggled in a catering cart onto a different plane.