# Officials feared Trump faced enormous risk flying out of country, source says

https://mins.news/en/item/20221

- CNN, 2026-08-12 13:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/politics/missile-threat-trump-plane?Date=20260812&Profile=CNN

> Officials were concerned that a specific threat could place Donald Trump at enormous risk if he flew out of the country. The concern applied both to the legacy Air Force One aircraft and to the jet donated by Qatar. Trump had used the Qatar-donated plane to travel to the summit, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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