Rubio, Bessent Stayed on Decoy Plane After Trump Switch
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- Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent departed last month's NATO summit in Turkey aboard the same plane President Trump had been secretly moved off of before takeoff, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.
- A senior U.S. official confirmed the arrangement to The Associated Press, reporting that the two Cabinet secretaries flew on the aircraft after Trump was secretly switched off it.
Why it matters: Two of the president's top Cabinet members — the secretaries of State and Treasury — were aboard a plane Trump had just been secretly moved off of, as confirmed to The Associated Press by a senior U.S. official. The arrangement points to non-routine choreography around the president's travel home from a NATO summit.
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