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President Donald Trump gave a confusing answer on why he’s changing planes on the way home from the NATO summit.
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Trump flew to Turkey on his new Air Force One plane gifted by Qatar.
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But he announced in a social media post earlier Wednesday that the plane he had proudly shown off would instead visit Mildenhall Air Force Base in the United Kingdom so military members could “tour the Aircraft.”
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Trump said he would be flying home in an older plane used as Air Force One “for old time’s sake.”
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When asked Wednesday if security concerns played a role in the switch, Trump didn’t directly answer but said he was “No. 1 on the list for killing” by Iran.
The U.S. Air Force referred inquiries to the White House.
Images of the jet captured since its unveiling show it is not equipped with some of the same missile-detection and countermeasure systems as the older jets.
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