Close aides, but no Cabinet officials, joined Trump in airport catering truck

Source: www.washingtonpost.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT

The president was accompanied by some of his most loyal aides but no top administration officials as he made the clandestine move to a different plane to leave Turkey last month.

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