President Donald Trump assured that he decided to covertly change planes last July in Turkey because he limited himself to following the recommendation of the Secret Service in the face of the threat of an attack against the aircraft, an episode that the two main American newspapers revealed the day before.

Trump followed security orders

"It depends on the secret service. I only follow their instructions, so I act under the supervision of the Secret Service and the Army. They wanted me to act differently, with other security measures. They wanted me to do it, so I have to do it. I do what they tell me," Trump said this Tuesday aboard Air Force One, the presidential plane, in response to what happened in Ankara on July 8 after the NATO summit.

The Washington Post and The New York Times revealed on Monday that that day Trump first boarded Air Force One and was then secretly transported by the Secret Service in a catering truck to another military plane that was on the tarmac due to the possibility of an attack by Iran, at war with the United States since February.

When Trump was asked today why the Secret Service, the agency in charge of his security, asked him to change planes, the president limited himself to answering: "I receive many threats that you are unaware of. Any important president receives many threats. Presidents who are not important presidents do not receive threats. And I think I am the most. No one has done more than me in almost six years."

Air Force One would have served as a decoy

The decision to secretly change aircraft has been applauded by some as a wise precautionary measure, although it has also received criticism from some circles for having kept the journalists traveling with him in the dark.

Media representatives stressed today that they were informed in real time of a similar operation during Bill Clinton's presidency in the 1990s that until now had been kept secret from the public.

Some voices have also criticized the fact that Air Force One, which transported journalists and White House staff, was used as a decoy for the possibility of an attack.

"The plane I flew on was most at risk. I think that would be the plane they were most likely to attack," Trump explained to the media today regarding the use of a decoy.

The New York tycoon also said that he is not worried about the possibility that his aircraft will be attacked with missiles and when asked if he trusts Tehran, with whom Washington continues to negotiate an end to the conflict, Trump stressed that he is "the last person who trusts Iran."

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