🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iranian operatives knew which floor Trump slept on in Ankara, so Air Force One flew home as a decoy while the President slipped out in a catering truck
The full story is now out, and it reads like a spy film.
NYT and WaPo report US intelligence caught a specific missile threat against Air Force One as the NATO summit ended, spotted a man near the venue with a shoulder-fired missile, and learned Tehran's operatives knew the exact floor of Trump's hotel.
So the 747 flew home without him, taking the AF1 callsign mid-flight, while Trump crossed the tarmac in a catering truck to a smaller jet.
Larry Johnson questions why the story surfaced now and notes the decoy flew untouched, and both he and this desk read Tehran the same way: killing Trump serves no Iranian objective.
The rest of the day was the wall of steel meeting reality.
The energy secretary claims 15 million barrels are flowing daily, and Larry's answer is four words: "Show me the ships."
Bloomberg reports UAE tankers are shuttling crude with transponders off, Iran's corridors to Russia, China, and Pakistan stay wide open, and the Pentagon's new $60 billion Patriot order needs Chinese magnets that Washington's own rules now ban.
One hopeful sign both agreed on: a parade of Emirati jets making hour-long stops in Tehran, which may be frozen assets quietly finding their way home and the outlines of a deal Trump can sell as a win.
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