Recently, former President Donald Trump’s plane was forced to undergo an unanticipated landing in Billings, Montana, while en route to an event in Bozeman. Reportedly, the Republican presidential candidate’s plane experienced a mechanical issue, causing a diversion in its route, and Trump’s private plane was forced to land at Billings-Logan International Airport on Friday afternoon.
Reportedly, the plane successfully landed “without incident,” where the former President departed on another private jet. Details surrounding the issue with the aircraft have not been released. The unexpected problem with the plane caused a delay at Trump’s Bozeman rally, where he was expected to take the stage at 8 p.m. However, the former president did not begin speaking until roughly an hour and a half later than scheduled.
Doug Mills shared a picture of Trump on the tarmac, presumably just exiting his troubled plane. “Following a mechanical issue on his plane, @realDonaldTrump walks off his plane in Billings MT, to get on a smaller plane, to continue to Bozeman for a fundraiser and rally,” Mills said. The incident sparked a variety of reactions from users on social media.
A parody account of Rep. MTG, “Marjorie Taylor Greene Press Release (Parody)” wrote, “Keep Trump safe.” Others suspected that something more nefarious could be at play. “Dear Lord, I don’t know about this, when was the last time there was a mechanical issue on the plane? i don’t remember any, then to get into ANOTHER plane, crap, I don’t like it. Wait, give more thought about it, I don’t like it but what do I know, all I can do is pray,” one person wrote.
Following the unexpected landing, Trump delivered a statement about his campaign work in Montana. “I just landed in a really beautiful place, Montana, so beautiful, flying over, and you just look down, and that’s the way it’s supposed to be. But we have a very high rating in Montana. We have a lot of popularity. I like them. They like me,” Trump said.
Trump continued, “But I’m here to do some fundraisers, and most importantly, to support Tim Sheehy who’s running for the US Senate, and we think he’s going to do really well. We’re gonna have a rally, and it’ll be a lot of fun. And then tomorrow, we’re gonna do some more different stops, different states, all good, all great people.”
Trump further claimed that some polls show him leading his Democratic challengers. “And we’re leading in all of the polls now. Just about every poll has us leading.” He then called out Harris on her failures in the Biden-Harris administration. “They found out that this is a pony that we’re running against, a person that had no idea what she was doing on the border, has no idea what’s happening with inflation, had no idea what they did when it came to Afghanistan, the most embarrassing day in the life, in the life of our country, there’s never been anything so embarrassing.”
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The former president concluded, “We should have gotten out with dignity and strength, not the way they got out. It’s an embarrassment to our country. So we have a great campaign. We have something that’s going to be really very important this talk. We are going to make America great again, and it’s going to happen very fast. We’re going to become energy independent again. Prices are going to start going down, including for food, for energy and everything else. And we’re going to really do what you have. Thank you very much.”
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