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Trump’s NATO trip ends with a jet-switch: old Air Force One first, Qatar-gifted jet later
Trump switched aircraft on the way back from the NATO summit in Turkey, flying first on the older Air Force One and then taking the Qatar-donated Boeing 747 for the remainder of the trip home. He denied security concerns drove the early switch, even suggesting Iran could have targeted him; the Qatar jet is said to lack some advanced security tech of the prior planes.
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