Critics aren’t buying President Donald Trump’s newest claim about his decision to sneak off Air Force One in a catering container last month in the face of a security threat.

That initial plane flew as planned with the media and some of his staff aboard while Trump secretly made the journey in a military aircraft.

That effectively turned the initial Air Force One into a decoy jet, and those aboard were, unbeknownst to them, facing the risk that he was attempting to dodge with the surreptitious swap.

My favorite part: This Turkish catering truck nonchalantly moving from Air Force One to the other plane https://t.co/vQSoncQw9f pic.twitter.com/Ob5r1hxSwL

But that’s not how the president sees it.

“Why was it too dangerous for you to fly on Air Force One but not too dangerous for the press?” a reporter asked Trump on Tuesday night.

“I think actually the plane that I flew on was at greater risk. I think it was at greater risk, because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for,” he said.

But there’s a flaw in the president’s logic: Everyone saw him board the first plane and believed he was on it.

No one knew he had secretly left via another exit, hidden in a catering container and was transported in that container to a waiting U.S. military C-32A for the flight to the United Kingdom.

While any Air Force plane the president boards is given the Air Force One call sign, that custom was broken for this flight as the initial aircraft maintained that designation ― which in turn maintained the illusion that the president was still aboard.

Critics slammed the president for his faulty logic ― and for dodging the threat himself while allowing others to face it as his unwitting decoys.

They hit back on X:

He posts AI images of himself saving America but when push comes to shove he's scared to death.

His lies are so dumb https://t.co/qmhyu9R94p

So full of shit, he had them encode the plane he was *not* on as Air Force 1. What a coward and liar. Can't think of a more cowardly act from a President during wartime. https://t.co/T9ZpTJRYcp

Wait. So he’s saying they had to sneak him onto the MORE dangerous plane in a snack truck??? https://t.co/TournzMlLp

So he purposely sneaked on the plane that was at greater risk?

The plane nobody knew he was on was at greater risk?His only interest was in saving himself. He doesn't care about anyone else. https://t.co/upGHRblX3x

It is astonishing the utter nonsense that comes out of his mouth.

Pathetic liar and fucking coward. https://t.co/rjplSrw5is

He’s lost his ability to bullshit his way through life. It’s just “i know you are but what am i?” for every question. the really delusional part is he thinks he’s killing it. https://t.co/8IFItredZV

The President of the United States...and the dumbest person in the world should be two different people. https://t.co/o7jPzKQpME

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