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Emergency Slide Inflates on Plane Trump Was Set to Fly

An emergency evacuation slide inflated on a Qatari-gifted plane that President Trump was scheduled to board for a Texas trip. The incident occurred at Joint Base Andrews just as Trump arrived at the airport, although he was not on the plane at the time.

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