NYT Report: The U.S. carried out a sophisticated ruse to smuggle President Trump out of Turkey during last month's NATO summit. American officials said security personnel transferred him inside a catering container to a military plane over a threat from Iran against him and Air Force One.

Publicly, Trump and other officials said he would leave Turkey on July 8 aboard one of the older versions of Air Force One, rather than the luxury Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar that he arrived in. Trump told reporters he was switching planes "in memory of the good old days."

He boarded the older plane through the door on its left side, in full view of the cameras. Media outlets reported he flew it to Britain, where he transferred back to the newer plane. The Times had reported at the time that the decision was partly due to safety concerns over the Qatari-donated jet, which did not have all the security features installed on the older versions.

But instead of taking off on the old 747, Trump was secretly removed from it inside a catering container hoisted to the opposite side of the plane, away from where the journalists who flew with him boarded. He was then transferred to a third plane, on which he secretly flew to Britain.