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the Air Force One from which the president was evacuated because of the threat- was sent on its way, filled with staff and unsuspecting journalists.
... using its call sign as-if - a rather perfect decoy.
It's all in the article:
Technically "Air Force One" is the call sign for any aircraft carrying the US president. But on this occasion, the C-32A used the call sign "Reach 18", while the aircraft carrying the journalists continued to use "AF1" in order to keep up the ruse.
"Trump and some of his aides secretly left the older plane in a container"
One wonders who the chosen few are...