A threat, a catering truck and a plan: Why officials deployed an elaborate ruse to get Trump out of Turkey

Officials used an unusual plan involving a catering truck to remove President Trump from Turkey after a NATO summit, apparently due to some kind of threat that had emerged during the event.

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