Donald Trump was left waiting aboard Marine One after an emergency evacuation slide deployed from the door of his controversial new Air Force One, delaying his departure for the Republican Midterm Convention.
‘They were doing a check on the slide. I think it takes 15 minutes,’ Trump told reporters after finally stepping off the helicopter. ‘They wanted to make sure it’s going to work perfectly.’
Trump remained inside the helicopter well after it touched down, with the door of Marine One, according to multiple reports.
As the helicopter rolled to a stop, the older blue-and-white Air Force One was moved out of its
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