{"id":4601,"date":"2026-08-12T06:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2026-08-12T06:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:38:59","slug":"trumps-air-force-one-decoy-story-exposes-another-big-lie-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

The new report about President Donald Trump’s plane switcharoo inadvertently revealed a discrepancy in one of the administration’s previous claims about Iran’s military capabilities. <\/p>\n

Read more Trump\u2019s secret off-the-record phone briefings raise huge legal red flags<\/a><\/p>\n

The administration, including the Secretary of Defense, claimed in March 2026 that the U.S. was quickly able to achieve “uncontested airspace” in Iran and total control over the skies there. <\/p>\n

“This is not [an] endless nation-building … quagmire \u2014 it’s not even close,” Pete Hegseth said during a briefing on March 10. “Our generation of soldiers will not let that happen again, and nor will this president \u2014 who very clearly ran against … never-ending, nebulously scoped missions; those days are dead. Instead, we’re winning decisively with brutal efficiency, total air dominance and an unbreakable will to accomplish the president’s objectives on our timeline.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe literally have planes flying over Tehran and other parts of their country; they can\u2019t do a thing about it,\u201d Trump claimed March 24.<\/p>\n

As TIME reported in April, Trump claimed that Iran doesn\u2019t \u201chave any spotters, they don’t have anti-aircraft, they don’t have radar.” He went on to say that U.S. aircraft were \u201cjust floating over the top looking for whatever we want, and we’re hitting it.” <\/p>\n

Then two American planes were downed within hours of each other. <\/p>\n

“An F-15E fighter jet was shot down over southern Iran on the same day as the Iranian military claimed it brought down an A-10 Thunderbolt with a surface-to-air missile near the Strait of Hormuz,” the report recalled. <\/p>\n

Read more Anchor exposes the kryptonite that sent Trump storming home<\/a><\/p>\n

The U.S. then rushed a search and rescue mission. <\/p>\n

CNN’s Aaron Blake noted on X that Trump’s recent revelations about Air Force One deliver further evidence that the U.S. doesn’t have any control over Iran or its skies. <\/p>\n

“It sharply undercuts what Trump and Hegseth claimed about Iran’s capabilities. They have said Iran had no ability to shoot down aircraft, citing ‘uncontested airspace.’ That’s a far cry from fearing Iran could take down AF1 over Turkey,” said Blake<\/p>\n

Trump has claimed that Iran has “no navy,\u201d \u201cno military,\u201d \u201cno air force\u201d and \u201cno anti-aircraft systems.” Yet, Iran has been able to scare Trump into flying in a decoy plane, and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, despite the U.S. deploying more than 20 warships to the Middle East region to maintain a naval presence, U.S. Central Command posted to X in July. <\/p>\n

Former Naval War College Professor Tom Nichols wrote in July that the American people deserve to know the truth about what’s happening in the war and these details are merely part of a larger attempt by the administration to hide their missteps. <\/p>\n

“This opacity seems to be by design: The president and his lieutenants appear unwilling to admit that they started, and are now losing, a war with one of America\u2019s most dedicated enemies, and obfuscating probably seems less damaging than admitting this painful truth. Of course, some of their statements are merely mistakes. Some are spin. Others are exaggerations. But many of them are flat lies that Trump and his appointees dump into the public square seemingly without hesitation,” wrote Nichols.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018No credibility\u2019: Insiders destroy \u2018sickening\u2019 report downplaying Trump\u2019s civilian deaths<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new report about President Donald Trump’s plane switcharoo inadvertently revealed a discrepancy in one of the administration’s previous claims about Iran’s military capabilities. The administration, including the Secretary of Defense, claimed in March 2026 that the U.S. was quickly able to achie…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump's Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis - Next Address America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump's Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis - Next Address America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new report about President Donald Trump's plane switcharoo inadvertently revealed a discrepancy in one of the administration's previous claims about Iran's military capabilities. The administration, including the Secretary of Defense, claimed in March 2026 that the U.S. was quickly able to achie...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Address America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-12T06:38:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3\"},\"headline\":\"Trump’s Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-12T06:38:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601\"},\"wordCount\":574,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/eb3bdf0d079f1a65b60cbb255cc22738.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601\",\"name\":\"Trump's Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis - Next Address America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/eb3bdf0d079f1a65b60cbb255cc22738.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-12T06:38:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/eb3bdf0d079f1a65b60cbb255cc22738.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/eb3bdf0d079f1a65b60cbb255cc22738.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?p=4601#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump’s Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Next Address America\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nextaddressamerica.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump's Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis - Next Address America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump's Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis - Next Address America","og_description":"The new report about President Donald Trump's plane switcharoo inadvertently revealed a discrepancy in one of the administration's previous claims about Iran's military capabilities. The administration, including the Secretary of Defense, claimed in March 2026 that the U.S. was quickly able to achie...","og_url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601","og_site_name":"Next Address America","article_published_time":"2026-08-12T06:38:59+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3"},"headline":"Trump’s Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis","datePublished":"2026-08-12T06:38:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601"},"wordCount":574,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eb3bdf0d079f1a65b60cbb255cc22738.webp","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601","url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601","name":"Trump's Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis - Next Address America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eb3bdf0d079f1a65b60cbb255cc22738.webp","datePublished":"2026-08-12T06:38:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eb3bdf0d079f1a65b60cbb255cc22738.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eb3bdf0d079f1a65b60cbb255cc22738.webp","width":1200,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4601#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump’s Air Force One decoy story exposes another big lie: analysis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/","name":"Next Address America","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a4840e0eb2094ec31aed2107d53108b3","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com"],"url":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}