US President Donald Trump has altered his journey home following the Nato Summit in Turkiye, adding a stop in the United Kingdom to show off his new Qatari-donated aircraft.
He had been due to fly directly to Washington this evening, but announced on Truth Social that he would first head to RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, aboard the old Air Force One, to give American troops stationed at the base a chance to see his new plane.
It was not immediately clear why he abruptly changed his itinerary.
Asked twice, as he prepared to leave Turkiye after his news conference, why he was not travelling on the new aircraft, Trump said "it's going to go to a couple of bases, so the soldiers can see it" because it's "magnificent."
Last month, Trump unveiled the new Air Force One, a refurbished Boeing 747 donated by Qatar. This was the first international trip on which the president used the aircraft.
