Donald Trump says "if I go, you go" to reporters after security threat led to plane switch

A reporter traveling with the White House press pool has described how President Donald Trump secretly switched aircraft after July’s NATO summit in Ankara over a security threat, while journalists aboard the plane were told by the Secret Service to lower their window shades. Trump had sent one plane ahead to Mildenhall Air Force Base in England; later it emerged that he had exited the aircraft through a catering truck and boarded a different government jet. During the flight, Trump denied security worries, but when asked about the shade order he cited Iran’s longstanding threats against him and suggested reporters would share whatever danger he faced. The episode underscores tensions between presidential security and press transparency.