{"id":3173,"date":"2026-07-09T21:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:14:38","slug":"star-nyt-reporter-calls-out-trumps-weird-air-force-one-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3173","title":{"rendered":"Star NYT Reporter Calls Out Trump\u2019s Weird Air Force One Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A star White House reporter is not sold on President Donald Trump\u2018s explanation for why he swapped Air Force Ones to return from this week\u2019s NATO summit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3171\">Female Trump Fan Rants About Banning Women From Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins that she found Trump\u2019s explanation for abruptly ditching his shiny new jet gifted to him by the Qatari government \u201ca little hard to believe.\u201d <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trump claims that he hailed his VC-25 model of Air Force One, which he has dogged as being too old and not fitting for the presidency, to take him home from Turkey because, supposedly, he wanted to show off his Qatari-made jet at a base in Europe \u201cso the soldiers can see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Like Haberman, former CIA Director Leon Panetta said Wednesday that Trump\u2019s claim that he wanted to show off the jet to American troops was a \u201ccover story.\u201d In reality, he theorized that the swap was due to security concerns. <\/p>\n<p>Haberman said her colleagues are reporting the same thing\u2014that the Secret Service flagged serious safety concerns about flying the new jet, which taxpayers spent $400 million to retrofit, though specifics about a potential threat have not been released. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis [Qatari] plane was rushed into circulation because President Trump wanted to fly on a new Air Force One, because the two that he had commissioned during his first term weren\u2019t going to be ready for a variety of reasons, some Boeing\u2019s fault, some an issue with how contracts were renegotiated,\u201d Haberman told Collins. <\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cBut when you rush something, I mean, you know, when Jonathan [Swan] and I reported in <i>The Times<\/i> that they were looking at this Qatari plane, lots of people told us they could not imagine a scenario where it could properly be fitted with its defense capabilities in time to protect a president, to do what Air Force One has to do.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3169\">Trump\u2019s Most Reclusive Relatives Spotted at Suck-Up Event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so my question is, despite the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that were already spent to retrofit this plane for security, what remains?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump is telling an entirely different story, claiming the switch was to honor American troops abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo honor our brave men and women of the Military, we are sending the brand new, and truly spectacular, Air Force One to Mildenhall Air Force Base, in the United Kingdom, to give them a chance to tour the Aircraft,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social. <\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cEverybody is so excited, and we thought that they should be the first. For old time\u2019s sake, we\u2019ll be taking the former Air Force One, from Turkey to Mildenhall, a short trip that is totally worth doing in order to give our Great Military Heroes a chance to appreciate our beautiful new addition to the Air Force Fleet!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Qatari jet gifted to the president is not equipped with the same defense systems found on previous Air Force Ones, including protection against electromagnetic pulse attacks, missile-warning sensors, and secure communications. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly said that there have been attempts on his life by Iran and its proxies. He was just 1,000 miles away from Tehran\u2014as the crow flies\u2014during his appearance in Turkey this week, perhaps elevating fears of a potential attack while in transit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3168\">McConnell Staffer\u2019s Admission Deepens Health Mystery<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A star White House reporter is not sold on President Donald Trump\u2018s explanation for why he swapped Air Force Ones to return from this week\u2019s NATO summit. 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