The new Air Force One’s emergency slide was accidentally deployed on Sept. 9 before President Donald Trump boarded to attend the first-ever 2026 Republican Midterm Convention.
The inflatable slide popped out shortly before the president was scheduled to board the plane and fly to Dallas for the high-profile GOP event.
When Trump was asked by a reporter if he was confident the plane was safe to fly, the president responded, “Yeah, I am, or I wouldn’t be on it.”
“As the President has said, the slide was checked out to make sure everything works perfectly,” White House communications director Steven Cheung told The Epoch Times via email on Wednesday….