Why was the Qatari plane avoided in the first place? The answer seems to be, “It’s not yet actually fit for the purpose of secure presidential travel,” although Trump has already flown on it in safer regions. And why was the press corps not told of Trump’s switch? In the past, Graff notes, the media has sometimes been misled by the Secret Service for security purposes, but at least a few trusted reporters were always kept up to date on the president’s whereabouts. This has heavy implications: Trump was, for a while, aboard a mystery plane over foreign soil, with the secretary of defence, and almost nobody knew a thing about it.
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