{"id":216401,"date":"2026-07-09T02:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T02:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/watch-trump-doesnt-refute-iran-security-concerns-for-new-air-force-one-pbs\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T02:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T02:06:59","slug":"watch-trump-doesnt-refute-iran-security-concerns-for-new-air-force-one-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/watch-trump-doesnt-refute-iran-security-concerns-for-new-air-force-one-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Trump doesn&#039;t refute Iran security concerns for new Air Force One &#8211; PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Give now to help PBS News start our new fiscal year strong. <br \/>                 <a class=\"post__byline-name-unhyphenated\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/author\/associated-press\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemprop=\"author\">                     <span itemprop=\"name\">Associated Press<\/span>                 <\/a>                 <a class=\"post__byline-name-hyphenated\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/author\/associated-press\">                     Associated Press                 <\/a>             <br \/>Leave your feedback<br \/>President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/watch-live-trump-holds-news-conference-at-nato-summit-in-turkey\">gave a confusing answer<\/a> on why he&#8217;s changing planes on the way home from the NATO summit.<br \/><strong>Watch the clip in the video player above.<\/strong><br \/>Trump flew to Turkey on his new Air Force One plane gifted by Qatar.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/will-the-new-air-force-one-be-secure-qatars-gift-to-trump-raises-questions\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Will the new Air Force One be secure? Qatar&#8217;s gift to Trump raises questions<\/a><br \/>But he <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116884409163416775\">announced in a social media post<\/a> 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 &#8220;tour the Aircraft.&#8221;<br \/>Subscribe to Here&rsquo;s the Deal, our politics                  newsletter for analysis you won&rsquo;t find anywhere else.<br \/>Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.<br \/>Trump said he would be flying home in an older plane used as Air Force One &#8220;for old time&#8217;s sake.&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/u-s-launches-strikes-against-iran-after-ships-hit-in-strait-of-hormuz\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> U.S. launches strikes against Iran after ships hit in Strait of Hormuz<\/a><br \/>When asked Wednesday if security concerns played a role in the switch, Trump didn&#8217;t directly answer but said he was &#8220;No. 1 on the list for killing&#8221; by Iran.<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: Trump says he is Iran&#039;s &#039;No. 1 target&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZq5JgsXJf4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>The U.S. Air Force referred inquiries to the White House.<br \/>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.<br \/>                     Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue.                  <br \/><span>By<\/span> Associated Press<br \/><span>By<\/span> Associated Press<br \/><span>By<\/span> Lorne Cook, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press<br \/><span>By<\/span> Associated Press<br \/><span>By<\/span> Seung Min Kim, Lorne Cook, Suzan Fraser, Abby Sewell, Associated Press<br \/><span>By<\/span> Associated Press<br \/><span>By<\/span> Jon Gambrell, Fatima Hussein, Associated Press<br \/><span>By<\/span> Lorne Cook, Suzan Fraser, Abby Sewell, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press<br \/><span>By<\/span> Seung Min Kim, Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press<br \/><span>By<\/span> Chris Megerian, Zeke Miller, Bernard Condon, Associated Press<br \/>                 <a class=\"post__byline-name-unhyphenated\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/author\/associated-press\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemprop=\"author\">                     <span itemprop=\"name\">Associated Press<\/span>                 <\/a>                 <a class=\"post__byline-name-hyphenated\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/author\/associated-press\">                     Associated Press                 <\/a>             <br \/>     <span>Support Provided By:<\/span>     <a href=\"https:\/\/help.pbs.org\/support\/solutions\/articles\/5000677869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more<\/a> <br \/>Subscribe to Here&rsquo;s the Deal, our politics                  newsletter for analysis you won&rsquo;t find anywhere else.<br \/>Thank you. 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Associated Press Associated Press Leave your feedbackPresident Donald Trump gave a confusing answer on why he&#8217;s changing planes on the way home from the NATO summit.Watch the clip in the video player above.Trump flew to Turkey on his new Air Force One plane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}