Despite flying the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One to Turkey, President Donald Trump flew on the old Air Force One when he departed the NATO summit.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins discusses the switch with retired US Marine Corps Col. Mark Cancian, who oversaw the Air Force One replacement program for the Bush and Obama administrations.
Also, CNN’s Anderson Cooper speaks with former Secret Service agent Jonathan Wackrow about the advanced capabilities of the old Air Force One plane, and CNN’s Audie Cornish speaks with Bloomberg Economics defense lead Becca Wasser about gaps in security with the new plane.
0:00 Why did Trump leave Turkey in a different plane than he arrived in?
1:07 Trump is asked about security threats related to increased action in Iran
2:27 Retired colonel reacts to reports of security concerns surrounding the new Air Force One plane
5:12 Former Secret Service agent says the president should fly on the most secure Air Force One while traveling overseas
8:47 Trump is asked why the window shades were lowered on AF1 when it left Turkey
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📰 The Qatari-gifted plane left the NATO summit in Turkey earlier in the day for Mildenhall Air Force Base in England, a move Trump claimed Wednesday morning was for members of the military to tour the aircraft.
While Trump has said the change in plane had nothing to do with security concerns, he also reiterated, when asked by reporters if security concerns caused the change in flight plans, that he’s “No. 1 on the kill list for Iran.”
Fake News!
📰 When the president ultimately left Turkey in the old Air Force One to link up with the new plane in England, passengers on the aircraft were instructed to keep their windows down during the flight, and according to flight data, the plane carrying the president did not turn on its tracker until it was over the Black Sea near Istanbul.
Despite continuing to insist there was no security issue that prompted him to change planes for his Turkey departure, Trump suggested that the passengers may have been asked to keep their window shades down because they were “probably on a dangerous flight.”
While the administration insists that the newly acquired plane meets the safety and security requirements necessary to fly the president, the speed of the retrofitting, which took about one year, has raised questions about whether the Qatari-gifted plane boasts the same defensive security measures as the old plane.
Many of the details of the retrofitting on the new plane are considered classified.
On Tuesday, a group of Senate Democrats sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Troy Meink demanding transparency into the project from the Air Force and L3Harris, claiming the administration is ignoring national security concerns so in service of delivering Trump a “fancy plane for his personal enjoyment.”
Trump took his first trip in the newly retrofitted plane last week on a trip to North Dakota.
Before the first trip, the U.S. Air Force had been modifying the jet in Texas since September to meet the security, communications and other needs to transport the president. The Air Force had estimated it would cost less than $400 million to retrofit the gift.
And the Islamic Republic of Japan🤣
Liars in charge = we’ll never know.
Iran is finally taking him seriously and the first thing he does is to show the world that he’s afraid?
He’s a mouse, he must duck and hide😂😂😂😂😂😂
ANYONE foolish enough, like sideshowdonny, to not realize truth & facts regarding the building & assembly was and is a fool! Capabilities for tracking, listening, to take control of the flight, intercept classified messages and phone calls, also has the capabilities to crash the jet over water, is a stone cold friggin idiot.
´Dont´worry, be haapy´, you are STILL loved by …😎
I think the first airforce one look great and massive save than the new airforce one
Bribery bribery any federal or state employee can I take no gifts from no one but the president could take gift
😂😂😂😂
The whole world Craig
The warmonger playing victim 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The Blue Air Force One is USA 100 % security.
“We are Charlie Kirk” to “We are Donald Trump”
I have a feeling it has something to do with the stairs.
Would it be wrong if Iranians eliminated Trump or Netanyahu? They have murdered thousands why not them to join the dead?
Trojan Horse ?