Trump on undisclosed plan to use decoy plane: ‘It’s up to Secret Service and military’

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:04:41 GMT

President Trump on Tuesday said the undisclosed plan to transfer him off of Air Force One and on to a separate military plane last month came at the request of the Secret Service. “It's up to the Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go on a different flight from a different plane....

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