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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters Tuesday night after landing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (Jim Watson\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

President Donald Trump said he took a \u201cdifferent plane\u201d from a NATO summit in Turkey last month at the direction of the Secret Service because of a threat against him, downplaying the risks to himself and those who traveled on the Air Force One jet after he secretly left it.<\/p>

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\u201cI go by Secret Service and the military,\u201d Trump told reporters Tuesday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, in his first public comments on the operation. \u201cThey wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane \u2014 equal safety, but they wanted me to do it, so I do it. I do what they say.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Washington Post reported Monday that an Iranian assassination threat prompted the extraordinary clandestine mission<\/a> in which Trump boarded Air Force One in view of television cameras before being secretly shuttled to a smaller military aircraft via an airport catering truck, flying to Britain separately from the White House press corps and senior officials.<\/p>\n

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A catering truck is parked at Air Force One as the motorcade carrying President Donald Trump arrives at Ankara airport on July 8, following the NATO summit. (Alex Brandon\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The swap was carried out unbeknownst to journalists and some White House staff members, who believed they were on the same plane as the president. Reporters in the press cabin were instructed to lower their window shades.<\/p>\n

The move meant Trump\u2019s location was concealed from the public and senior U.S. officials for hours, in an incident that could further erode an already tense relationship<\/a> between the Trump White House and the press corps.<\/p>\n

It also highlighted the depth of concern U.S. security officials had about his safety leaving Turkey amid the U.S. war with Iran. Turkey, a NATO member and U.S. ally, shares a border with Iran.<\/p>

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Trump had already announced he would return to the United States on the \u201cformer Air Force One\u201d rather than a newer Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar that flew him there. The security of the Qatar-provided plane has been called into question and Trump said last month<\/a> it would be \u201cmaxed out.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Trump minimized the risk to those who remained aboard the former Air Force One, saying he thought the smaller Air Force C-32A he traveled on was the plane \u201cthey would be more likely to go for.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president \u2014 who has been the target of at least two assassination attempts<\/a> \u2014 also played down the threat against him, saying he was \u201cnot surprised\u201d and \u201cdidn\u2019t really ask too much about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAny consequential president has a lot of threats. Non-consequential presidents don\u2019t get threatened. And I think that I may be the most consequential president,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t worry about anything, to be honest. Whatever it is. You know my attitude? Whatever.\u201d<\/p>

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