"I Don't Worry": Trump's "Whatever Attitude" Reply On Plane Switch In Turkey

On July 8, 2026, US President Donald Trump boarded the former Air Force One from Ankara in Turkey in view of television cameras. Minutes later, Trump was secretly driven across the airport in an airport catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies preflight and shuttled to a smaller plane, an Air Force C-32A, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The "decoy" Air Force One continued its journey with media and some White House staff aboard. The decision was reportedly prompted by Iran's assassination threat.

A credible threat to Trump involving Iran set the "deception operation" in motion, a US official familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.

Confirming the report, Trump said the decision was taken by the Secret Service and he does what he is told to by them. Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews after returning from Ohio, Trump said "Well, it is surely up to secret service. I just follow what they like to do. I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane, equal safety but they wanted me to do it, so I did it. I do what they say."

When pressed about the nature of threat, US President said, "I didn't really ask too much about it. I get a lot of threats."

.@POTUS: "I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane... I do what they say... I guess there was a threat out there. I didn't really ask too much about it. I get a lot of threats." pic.twitter.com/Q5SgBpU1n1

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 12, 2026

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Trump went on to claim that as a "consequential President" he receives a lot of threats.

"I have a lot of threats that you don't know about. Any consequential President has a lot of threats. Non-consequential Presidents don't get threatened and I think that I'm maybe the most consequential President. There is nobody who has done more than me in a period of almost six years."

.@POTUS: "I have a lot of threats that you don't know about. Any consequential President has a lot of threats. Non-consequential Presidents don't get threatened — and I think that I'm maybe the most consequential President." 🔥 https://t.co/UBAPgiR4P8 pic.twitter.com/YKFQjmxN3V

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 12, 2026

Trump added that the threats did not worry him.

"I don't worry about anything, to be honest. Whatever it is, you know my attitude: 'Whatever'."

.@POTUS: "I don't worry about anything, to be honest. Whatever it is — you know my attitude? Whatever." https://t.co/ki8DBZldvn pic.twitter.com/lxNaAAmLkx

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 12, 2026

About a dozen journalists traveling in a separate section of Air Force One with no access to the president were unaware of the switch and flew out of Turkey on the plane despite the apparent threat from Iran.

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Trump reiterated that he does not trust Iran and claimed total control over the Strait of Hormuz.

.@POTUS: "I don't trust Iran. Why — are you saying I trust Iran!? I'm the last person to trust Iran. They've lied to me constantly." pic.twitter.com/vvQLEiu7Qv

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 12, 2026

"I'm the last person to trust Iran. They have lied to me constantly. We have total control over the Hormuz Strait right now...We own it. At some point, maybe they will do something, and then they get blown away, but right now we are in a very good position. We have a country that has been bully of the Middle East for 50 years...They're no longer the bully of the Middle East."