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YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - Inside Trump’s secret Air Force One switch: A reporter reveals what happened aboard the plane Sun Aug 16 22:21:20 2026

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They thought they were flying with the president. They weren’t. After the NATO summit, President Trump secretly switched planes, leaving the press corps aboard Air Force One without him. One of the reporters, Reuters’ Gram Slattery, joins LiveNOW’s Anna Marsick to tell his story.

YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Questions remain after Trump's secret plane switch due to possible Iranian threat Thu Aug 13 18:11:18 2026

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent departed from the NATO summit in Turkey last month aboard the same plane President Trump had been secretly moved off of before takeoff, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. A senior U.S. official told The Associated Press that Rubio was aware of the switch and the potential assassination threat against Trump posed by Iran, while Bessent was likely aware but did not know for certain. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6026784-marco-rubio-scott-bessent-donald-trump-air-force-one-decoy-nato-summit/ #trump #rubio #bessent #iran #politics

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Fighter jets escorted 'decoy' Air Force One while Trump flew secret plane out of Turkey Wed Aug 12 18:17:47 2026

U.S. fighter jets guarded the decoy Air Force One carrying reporters and senior cabinet members to Britain after President Trump secretly boarded a smaller military aircraft in Turkey, a covert operation triggered by a credible Iranian assassination threat. A senior Trump administration official disclosed the fighter escort to Fox News on Wednesday, pushing back on […] The post Fighter jets escorted 'decoy' Air Force One while Trump flew secret plane out of Turkey appeared first on American Almanac .

U.S. fighter jets guarded the decoy Air Force One carrying reporters and senior cabinet members to Britain after President Trump secretly boarded a smaller military aircraft in Turkey, a covert operation triggered by a credible Iranian assassination threat. A senior Trump administration official disclosed the fighter escort to Fox News on Wednesday, pushing back on concerns that the press corps and White House staff aboard the original plane had been left unprotected during the deception. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were also aboard the decoy aircraft. The operation unfolded after Trump departed a NATO summit in Ankara. Rather than board Air Force One as usual, Trump was smuggled off the tarmac…Open

YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Trump says his plane faced 'greater risk' than Air Force One in secret flight change in Turkey Wed Aug 12 17:12:02 2026

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President Trump confirms he secretly departed the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, last month using an alternate military aircraft amid security concerns involving Iran. #trump #airforceone #potus

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Qatar-gifted Air Force One headed for upgrades after security questions surface Mon Jul 20 17:10:43 2026

President Trump confirmed the $400 million Boeing 747-800 gifted by Qatar and now serving as Air Force One will be pulled from service within a month for additional security upgrades, a move that follows pointed questions about whether the jet can adequately protect a wartime commander-in-chief. Trump made the announcement Sunday after returning to Washington […] The post Qatar-gifted Air Force One headed for upgrades after security questions surface appeared first on American Almanac .

President Trump confirmed the $400 million Boeing 747-800 gifted by Qatar and now serving as Air Force One will be pulled from service within a month for additional security upgrades, a move that follows pointed questions about whether the jet can adequately protect a wartime commander-in-chief. Trump made the announcement Sunday after returning to Washington aboard the aircraft, telling reporters the plane would be "maxed out" during the service period. The disclosure came just weeks after the jet's maiden presidential flight to North Dakota for the opening of the Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library, a trip Trump used to showcase what he called "maybe the greatest commercial plane ever built." But between that debut and Sunday's return…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Anthony J. Constantini) - Bring the Troops Home, Mr. President Thu Jul 16 04:16:47 2026

It’s time to call Europe’s bluff. The post Bring the Troops Home, Mr. President appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Bring the Troops Home, Mr. President It’s time to call Europe’s bluff. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The latest NATO summit is in the books. This year’s confab in Ankara, Turkey, featured less drama than some had expected. Yes, President Trump demanded Greenland and threatened to cut trade ties with Spain. But he confirmed that the United States would not leave the alliance, at least for now, and pronounced the summit “tremendously successful.” “The unity in that room was incredible,” he told reporters, “really a love, it was sort of pretty wild.” Together with the revelation that the White House recently nixed a plan to cut the U.S. troop presence in Europe by a third, this must have left our NATO…Open

DAILYCALLER (Francis Kapper) - As US Runs Low On Missiles, Trump Wants To License Production To Ukraine Mon Jul 13 21:04:12 2026

‘We’ll give them the right to make Patriots’

Despite dwindling U.S. stockpiles, President Donald Trump said that he wants to give Ukraine a license to produce Patriot interceptor missiles during his visit to Turkey on Wednesday. Trump made the comments about Patriot missile licensing while talking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their televised meeting at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey. Patriot missile interceptors are in short supply as they have been continuously used in the Russo-Ukrainian War and the Iran War, according to a report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) . “A little birdie told me this, about the fact that we’ll give them [Ukraine] the right to make Patriots,” Trump said during his meeting with Zelenskyy.…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Luke Nicastro) - European Rearmament Is a Trap Tue Jul 7 04:18:54 2026

The United States should pursue a pullback no matter how much Europe spends on defense. The post European Rearmament Is a Trap appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs European Rearmament Is a Trap The United States should pursue a pullback no matter how much Europe spends on defense. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that a plan by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to announce sweeping troop cuts in Europe had been blocked. Per the WSJ : The U.S., [Hegseth] planned to say, was preparing additional cuts to its forces in Europe that would go beyond the canceled deployment of an armored brigade to Poland and the earlier withdrawal of an infantry brigade from Romania… But Hegseth’s proposal was nixed after it was shared with Marco Rubio—President Trump’s national-security adviser—and other senior officials. To the European leaders now gathered in Ankara, Turkey for the…Open

NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Russia Launches One of War’s Largest Air Assaults as Kyiv Burns Ahead of NATO Summit Mon Jul 6 14:32:55 2026

Emergency responders work through the wreckage of residential buildings in Kyiv after one of the largest Russian missile and drone attacks since the start of the war, as world leaders prepare to gather for the [...]

AMERICANGREATNESS (Bart Marcois) - NATO Summit Will Expose European Hypocrisy on Defense Spending Thu Jul 2 07:42:22 2026

At the upcoming NATO summit, President Trump is likely to expose the gap between rhetoric and actual defense spending by European nations. The Europeans claim […] Source