Trump departs DC on Qatar-gifted Air Force One after emergency slide accidentally deploys

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump departed Washington ​for Texas on Wednesday aboard the Air Force One plane gifted by Qatar after an emergency slide was accidentally deployed and was removed. Military personnel accidentally triggered the slide, a person briefed on the matter told Reuters. The slide was ‌activated shortly ‌before Trump was ​due ‌to board ⁠for a ​flight ⁠to Dallas for the first-ever Republican midterm convention. The issue briefly delayed Trump’s departure. Asked by a journal

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