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  "textContent": "Donald Trump speaks to the press before he boards Air Force One for his first flight aboard the Boeing 747-8 that Qatar gifted the United States to use for executive travel, at Joint Base Andrews, (Picture: Getty)\n\nDonald Trump switched planes on his way home from the NATO summit in Turkey and no-one could figure out why.\n\nIt has since emerged that the US was warned Iran had been plotting to take out the US President when he was visiting Ankara.\n\nAccording to Israeli broadcaster Channel 12, senior Iranian officials thought last week’s major NATO summit was a major opportunity to kill Trump.\n\nThe New York Times reported that Trump switched planes on the way home because the Secret Service was concerned the new aircraft, donated by the Qataris, did not have all the security features of the old plane.\n\nWithout explanation, the reporters were instructed to close the window shades during take-off.\n\nThe President declared at the NATO summit: ‘They [Iran] want to take out the US leader – me. I’m on every list.’\n\n‘I’m on every single one of their lists, and so far I guess I’ve been a little bit lucky, but that maybe doesn’t last very long, because that’s the way it goes,’ Trump continued\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nIt came before Trump insisted that the United States is ‘reinstating’ a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge other ships for safe passage.\n\nIran has insisted it controls the critical waterway, as another exchange of fire threatened a return to all-out war.\n\nThe US had until now said the strait should remain open to all without tolls, as it was before the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.\n\nExchanges of fire in recent days, sparked by Iranian attacks on ships, had already cast further doubt on the interim peace deal reached last month.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n‘We are reinstating THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE,’ Trump said on social media. ‘All other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait.’\n\nThe president said the US would be ‘reimbursed’ by 20% of the value of cargo to help cover ‘any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security.’\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nIran asserts it has the right to manage traffic through the strait and potentially charge fees in accordance with the interim peace deal. It has vowed to fight back against any US interference.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Trump warned of Iranian plot to kill him in Turkey prompted President to switch planes"
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