Trump Says Threats Prompted U.S. Bomber Withdrawal From RAF Fairford
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that threats prompted the removal of American bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, offering an explicit explanation for the weekend withdrawal. He said the aircraft had not departed by accident and that moving them avoided leaving them exposed to an enemy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had earlier declined to link the aircraft movement directly to a suspected attack plot. The Pentagon said on Sunday that all bombers deployed to Fairford had returned to their U.S. home stations and retained global strike capability.