- An emergency slide on the Qatar‑gifted Air Force One deployed before boarding, was checked and later removed.
- Trump waited about 20 minutes on Marine One, then boarded the jumbo jet en route to Dallas for the first‑ever Republican midterm convention.
- When asked if the plane was safe, he told reporters, "Yeah, I am, or I wouldn't be on it."
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