Trump explains why he's flying old Air Force One back to DC

"It's flying to Europe, to one of the big bases," Trump said. "Two or three of the big bases where we can show it to the people. And we'll be going home by normal methods."

Trump said the aircraft would stop at "a couple of bases," including one in particular, "so the soldiers can see it, because it's truly magnificent."

"To honor our brave men and women of the Military, we are sending the brand new, and truly spectacular, Air Force One to Mildenhall Air Force Base, in the United Kingdom, to give them a chance to tour the Aircraft - Everybody is so excited, and we thought that they should be the first," Trump wrote.

"For old time's sake, we'll be taking the former Air Force One, from Turkey to Mildenhall, a short trip that is totally worth doing in order to give our Great Military Heroes a chance to appreciate our beautiful new addition to the Air Force Fleet!" he added.

Trump was pressed during a news conference about speculation that he was leaving Turkey on the older presidential aircraft due to possible threats from Iran.

"They're lovely people. I'm No. 1."

"You know what a race car driver is? One tenth of 1%," Trump continued. "A bull rider - that looks pretty dangerous to me - it's one tenth of 1%.

"You should have told me," the president said. "You're an excellent reporter. You should have told me that years ago, maybe I wouldn't have run. It's a very dangerous profession."

"I like being No. 1 on TikTok better," Trump said, "but I'm No. 1 on the list for killing."