Trump secretly left Turkey on a US military aircraft in July due to an Iranian threat, The Washington Post reported.

According to the newspaper, US officials launched an emergency security operation after an alleged Iranian assassination threat and secretly transferred Trump to another military aircraft, while the White House publicly said he would leave Turkey aboard Air Force One.

The US president boarded Air Force One in view of television cameras, but minutes later he was secretly transferred to a smaller aircraft — an Air Force C-32A.