‘Trump was entranced’: Staggering security lapses traced back to Trump’s vanity deadline

President Donald Trump’s insistence that a Qatari-donated jumbo jet be ready to serve as a temporary Air Force One in time for the nation’s 250th birthday led to the omission of several key security features found on the current presidential fleet, a New York Times investigation revealed Friday.

Trump demanded the retrofitted 747-8 be ready by July continue reading …