President Donald Trump is expected to travel aboard the Air Force One gifted to the U.S. by Qatar for his upcoming trip to Ireland next week, according to sources familiar with the matter. This will be the first foreign trip for the president on the new aircraft since he made a secret plane switch in July while departing a NATO summit in Turkey.
The decision to switch planes in July came amid threats against Trump from Iran. The specific details surrounding the Qatari-gifted aircraft's designation as Air Force One and its operational use for presidential travel were not immediately clear.