US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkiye because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a “different plane” due to a threat that he insisted didn’t scare him.

Axar.az reports, citing The Associated Press, that Trump downplayed the extraordinary nature of the subterfuge involved in his flight, which saw him stow away in an airport catering container to sneak onto another plane while Air Force One was sent into the sky, essentially as a decoy.

He also downplayed the risk to the people — White House officials, security and support staff, and reporters — he left on the plane.

“They wanted me to go on a different flight, different plane,” Trump told reporters after returning from an event in Ohio, saying he had little choice in the matter.

“I guess there was a threat out there. I didn’t really ask too much about it,” he said. “I get a lot of threats.”

“I don't trust Iran. Why — are you saying I trust Iran!? I'm the last person to trust Iran,” he added.

“They've lied to me constantly,” he noted.

“We have total control over the Hormuz Strait right now. They don't have control. We have total control. We own it,” he said.

It should be noted that reports emerged that U.S. President Donald Trump had secretly left the NATO summit in Ankara following an Iranian assassination threat.