Katy Tur discusses the repercussions of Trump and his three separate jets that landed in the U.K., including the Qatari jet, the real Air Force One, and the decoy plane. David Rohde, MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter; Susan Glasser, Staff Writer for The New Yorker; and Mike Madrid, Political Director of the California Republican Party, join Katy to break down the continued fallout.
While President Trump was switching planes due to an Iranian threat, some of his Cabinet officials were left behind on Air Force One including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Trump instead took his aides Natalie Harp and Dan Scavino with him, according to a U.S. official granted anonymity to share details of the clandestine mission. Katy Tur has more details.
After boarding Air Force One at the NATO summit last month, Trump exited that airplane and embarked on another one in an extraordinary act of subterfuge aimed at avoiding a threat from Iran, according to a U.S. official. To pull off the maneuver, Trump secretly boarded a catering truck after entering Air Force One in view of press cameras.The Washington Post first reported the plane swap, which a U.S. official confirmed to MS NOW and Trump confirmed late Tuesday. Carol Leonnig, who previously reported on security concerns with Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One, explains the story and shares her analysis.
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was attended by the President and many Cabinet members, was not given top security status that would have unlocked the full weight of federal security resources.
