{"text":[[{"start":8.9,"text":"The top Democrat in the US Senate called for Congress to be briefed on a covert operation last month to extract Donald Trump from Turkey while Air Force One was used as a decoy following an alleged Iranian assassination threat. "}],[{"start":24.200000000000003,"text":"Chuck Schumer demanded that the White House provide a full account of the clandestine mission, in which the president was secretly transferred to a military jet via an airport catering vehicle."}],[{"start":35.6,"text":"“The Senate should be immediately briefed on the Iranian threats against the President, the extraordinary measures taken to get him out of Turkey, any risks posed to U.S. personnel, and any threat to the homeland,” Schumer wrote on X late on Tuesday."}],[{"start":50.5,"text":"“It is unacceptable that Congress was kept in the dark and instead learned about this serious threat through press reports.”"}],[{"start":57.15,"text":"Schumer’s demands underline the fallout triggered by a report, initially published in The Washington Post, of a classified security operation to fly the president out of Turkey without the knowledge of lawmakers, the American public or many of those on board Air Force One. "}],[{"start":73.45,"text":"Following the Nato summit in Ankara on July 8, cameras showed Trump boarding the blue and white Boeing 747 to fly back to the US. But instead of leaving the country on Air Force One, according to The Washington Post report, the president was secretly shuttled to a nearby Air Force C-32A on board an airport catering truck. "}],[{"start":94.6,"text":"Speaking on Tuesday night, Trump confirmed he had switched aircraft at the request of the Secret Service because they believed there was “a threat out there” against him. "}],[{"start":104.5,"text":"“It’s only up to Secret Service. I just follow what they like to do,” the president told reporters as he returned to Washington from Ohio."}],[{"start":111.9,"text":"“They wanted me to go in a different flight, a different plane, equal safety, but they wanted me to do it. So I do it. I do what they say.” "}],[{"start":120.85000000000001,"text":"The incident underlines the risks facing Trump personally six months into his war against Iran. The conflict has become lodged in a stalemate as both sides wrestle for control over the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for oil and gas shipments. "}],[{"start":136,"text":"The conflict continued on Tuesday, with the US firing on a Panama-flagged container ship as it attempted to transit the Gulf of Oman to an Iranian port in violation of Washington’s naval blockade. "}],[{"start":148.45,"text":"Trump insisted on Tuesday night that the US had “total control over the Hormuz Strait right now”. "}],[{"start":155.54999999999998,"text":"“We own it,” he said. "}],[{"start":157.74999999999997,"text":"But the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said earlier in the day that the waterway would remain closed unless the US changed its behaviour and accepted conditions laid out by Tehran. "}],[{"start":170.74999999999997,"text":"Schumer said the Trump administration had “repeatedly refused to provide Congress and the public with the transparency they deserve” in relation to the war."}],[{"start":180.29999999999998,"text":"“This is exactly why Congress must reassert its constitutional authority and bring this conflict to an end,” he wrote."}],[{"start":187.49999999999997,"text":"The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Schumer’s demands."}],[{"start":200.29999999999998,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1786508140_8788.mp3"}