Trump Makes Embarrassing Air Force One Admission After Last-Minute Switch

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President Donald Trump was finally forced to admit that the $400 million plane given to him by Qatar to use as Air Force One is not as secure as the older models he has repeatedly criticized.

The president flew on the new plane—which the Air Force has spent https://apnews.com/article/trump-air-force-one-plane-qatar-8eb5da68e95d583b14811f85e62cbcd1" rel="">more than $300 million retrofitting—to this month’s NATO summit in Turkey, but https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-challenged-on-weird-decision-to-ditch-new-qatar-plane/" rel="">returned home on an older jet at the Secret Service’s urging.

The New York Times reported soon after that the plane https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-embarrassed-over-last-minute-air-force-one-swap/" rel="">lacked an anti-missile defense system, but Trump nevertheless decided to return from Sunday’s World Cup final on the newer plane.

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