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Is it normal for foreign leaders and their wives to fly on Air Force One ??? (Original Post) SamKnause Feb 2017 OP
He'll prob let Putin fly in it... HipChick Feb 2017 #1
Abe and his wife did this weekend, that is why I asked. SamKnause Feb 2017 #3
He'll let him fly it lame54 Feb 2017 #9
He may even let Putin FLY IT! Give it a test drive back to Russia. Jim Beard Feb 2017 #2
I don't see any problem with it. Vinca Feb 2017 #4
Sure...No one would dream of planting a listening device Generic Brad Feb 2017 #8
Rare, but other world leaders have flown along teach1st Feb 2017 #5
Thank you for the information. SamKnause Feb 2017 #6
It is not unheard of. nycbos Feb 2017 #7

Vinca

(50,273 posts)
4. I don't see any problem with it.
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 09:15 AM
Feb 2017

Given the nightmare that is Trump, this is nothing whether it's been done before or not.

teach1st

(5,935 posts)
5. Rare, but other world leaders have flown along
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 09:16 AM
Feb 2017

According to this 2012 article about David Cameron flying with President Obama

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2012/mar/12/david-cameron-air-force-one

This article was amended on 14 March 2012 because the original mistakenly said that David Cameron was the only non-US world leader to fly on Air Force One. A version of the following correction appeared in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column: "It may be – this column is not committing itself quite yet – that Britain's prime minister is the first invited aboard the presidential flight by Barack Obama. But others have gone along for the ride with previous presidents. To name two: John Major with Bill Clinton in 1994, and Germany's then chancellor, Helmut Kohl, with Ronald Reagan in 1985.

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
7. It is not unheard of.
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 11:27 AM
Feb 2017

What I think is more common is the President of the United States getting on Marine One with a foreign leader and going to Camp David.

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