The Secretive Slipaway from Air Force One in Turkey As Donald Trump's plane touched down at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport on a sweltering summer evening, he stepped off into the humid Turkish air, flanked by his aides and security personnel.
This moment was fleeting, almost inconspicuous, especially considering the assembled press corps' expectations for ritualistic choreography in state visits.
The 45th President's visit to Turkey in 2017 was a high stakes diplomatic endeavor, marked by strained relations between Washington and Ankara over Syria's Kurdish insurgency.