{"id":138354,"date":"2026-07-08T14:13:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-explains-why-hes-flying-old-air-force-one-back-to-dc-138354"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:13:36","slug":"trump-explains-why-hes-flying-old-air-force-one-back-to-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-explains-why-hes-flying-old-air-force-one-back-to-dc-138354","title":{"rendered":"Trump explains why he&#8217;s flying old Air Force One back to DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump<\/a> addressed speculation about the dangers of flying home from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, amid Iranian threats, saying he is not flying home on the new Air Force One because the aircraft is being sent to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s flying to Europe, to one of the big bases,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Two or three of the big bases where we can show it to the people. And we&#8217;ll be going home by normal methods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the aircraft would stop at &#8220;a couple of bases,&#8221; including one in particular, &#8220;so the soldiers can see it, because it&#8217;s truly magnificent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/new-air-force-one-takes-flight-trump-unveils-revamped-presidential-aircraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NEW AIR FORCE ONE TAKES FLIGHT AS TRUMP UNVEILS REVAMPED PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a Truth Social post earlier Wednesday, Trump said the new aircraft was being sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/tech\/topics\/us-air-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mildenhall Air Force Base<\/a> in the United Kingdom to honor U.S. troops.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To 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 \u2014 Everybody is so excited, and we thought that they should be the first,&#8221; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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!&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-says-nato-failed-two-key-tests-during-high-stakes-turkey-summit-not-happy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS NATO FAILED TWO KEY TESTS DURING HIGH-STAKES TURKEY SUMMIT: &#8216;NOT HAPPY&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump was pressed during a news conference about speculation that he was leaving Turkey on the older presidential aircraft due to possible threats from Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I speak about it a lot because, you know, the life of a president is very dangerous,&#8221; Trump said, adding that he is &#8220;No. 1 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kill list for Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re lovely people. I&#8217;m No. 1.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-faces-unprecedented-third-assassination-attempt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRUMP FACES UNPRECEDENTED THIRD ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump, the target of at least <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/us\/two-men-shot-trumps-butler-rally-sue-federal-government-secret-service-preventable-failures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three assassination attempts<\/a>, has frequently addressed the danger of being the leader of the free world, noting the mortality rate is &#8220;5.2%&#8221; for U.S. presidents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know what a race car driver is? One tenth of 1%,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;A bull rider \u2013 that looks pretty dangerous to me \u2013 it&#8217;s one tenth of 1%.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You should have told me,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;You&#8217;re an excellent reporter. You should have told me that years ago, maybe I wouldn&#8217;t have run. 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