Trump flies in an old Air Force One and transfers to a new 1
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Worries that the president’s new jet lacked defensive capabilities, combined with an Israeli warning about a possible threat, led him to fly on an old Air Force One.
President Trump has said his Qatar-gifted Air Force One will later go to his presidential library. Eric Trump says a different plane will go there.
President Donald Trump is flying home from a NATO summit in Turkey on an old baby blue Air Force One plane instead of the new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy blue jet he arrived in.
The Secret Service advised that President Trump take the old plane to depart Turkey, according to people briefed on the situation.
Experts said the lack of such capabilities poses a potential risk when the president travels overseas. The White House defended the aircraft’s safety.
President Trump took the old Air Force One from Turkey instead of the new plane gifted by Qatar as a security precaution amid hostilities with Iran.
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The Secret Service is said to have asked that the president not use the Qatari-donated jet when he left Ankara. The swap deepens questions about the retrofitting of the new plane.
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