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Trump Flies Qatar-Gifted Jet Without Missile Detection to Britain

8/12/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump flew from Turkey to Britain in July on a Qatar-gifted jet lacking missile-detection systems, then transferred to a smaller government plane before re-boarding the decoy jet.
White House director Steven Cheung said the administration “uses every tool at our disposal” to protect the president.
Author Garrett M. Graff called the press-pool separation unprecedented while White House has neither confirmed the operation nor denied Washington Post report.

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U.S. President Donald Trump flew from Turkey to Britain in July on a Qatar-gifted jet lacking missile-detection systems, then transferred to a smaller government plane before re-boarding the decoy jet.
White House director Steven Cheung said the administration “uses every tool at our disposal” to protect the president.
Author Garrett M. Graff called the press-pool separation unprecedented while White House has neither confirmed the operation nor denied Washington Post report.