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Question: If you are travelling and there is a security / safety issue with your transport, should you be informed?  (Voting closed: August 18, 2026, 13:34:56)
Yes - everyone should know - 8 (61.5%)
Yes - if. you're a VIP - 0 (0%)
The transport should be cancelled - 1 (7.7%)
No - just get on with it and mitigate the risk - 3 (23.1%)
Some other answer - 1 (7.7%)
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« on: August 11, 2026, 13:34:56 »
From The BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

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Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat, US media report.

The US president boarded Air Force One in view of television cameras before being transported to a military aircraft with the help of a catering truck, the Washington Post said. Journalists and some White House staff on board did not know he had been smuggled out.

Officials told the BBC's US partner CBS News that the US had detected a credible Iranian threat to fire a missile at the plane. The White House has not confirmed the secret switch.

Trump had earlier said he was Iran's "number one target" during the summit in Ankara.

If you are travelling and there is a security / safety issue with your transport, should you be informed?   
How about just telling the VIPs as the rest are expendable? 

Having assassinated the previous set or leaders of Iran, in my view Donald Trump has made himself a target in the other direction with the same legitimacy as his actions that lead to the death of those Iranian leaders.  Put it another way "he has only himself of blame.  These are personal views only.
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2026, 15:59:17 »
So it appears to have been OK to send the original aircraft on its way full of media personnel and many white house staff when there was a possibility that it could have been a terrorist target.   What a brave man Trump is !!
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2026, 16:49:47 »
Quote from: Clan Line on August 11, 2026, 15:59:17
So it appears to have been OK to send the original aircraft on its way full of media personnel and many white house staff when there was a possibility that it could have been a terrorist target.   What a brave man Trump is !!
Likely not his choice but done at the request of the secret service. Not the first time the president has used a decoy plane, Clinton flew into Pakistan on a C-20C whilst the VC-25A flew in as well.
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2026, 12:18:43 »
Perhaps Trump should have stayed in America, in a deep bomb  resistant shelter, with plenty of guns.
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It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
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« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2026, 13:11:04 »
Quote from: broadgage on August 12, 2026, 12:18:43
Perhaps Trump should have stayed in America, in deep bomb  resistant shelter, with plenty of guns.

Isn't that what he is trying to build under his "beautiful, beautiful ballroom" ?
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« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2026, 15:21:36 »
A sort of Führerbunker for Donald Trump, then?

CfN▸ (Chris from Nailsea, an administrator on this forum). Lips sealed
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« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2026, 19:21:42 »
Quote from: Clan Line on August 12, 2026, 13:11:04
Quote from: broadgage on August 12, 2026, 12:18:43
Perhaps Trump should have stayed in America, in deep bomb  resistant shelter, with plenty of guns.

Isn't that what he is trying to build under his "beautiful, beautiful ballroom" ?

Yes, but I presume that he has an older bomb proof that could still be used.
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It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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