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

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By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — By the time President Donald Trump walked onstage at the end of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey, the plan to spirit him out of the country was already in motion.

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    A threat, a catering truck and a plan: Why officials deployed an elaborate ruse to get Trump out of Turkey (opens KION Central Coast)

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    By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — By the time President Donald Trump walked onstage at the end of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey, the plan to spirit him out of the country was already in motion.

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    Why officials decided to smuggle Trump out of Turkey with a catering truck and a secret plane (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — By the time President Donald Trump walked onstage at the end of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey, the plan to spirit him out of the country was already in motion.

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