Report: Trump's plane made an emergency landing because of an engine failure

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Former President Donald Trump's plane made an emergency landing Saturday evening due to an engine failure, Politico reports Wednesday per two sources familiar with the matter.

The ex-president was on his way back to Palm Beach, Fla., where he lives at his Mar-a-Lago estate, after a speech at a donor retreat in New Orleans, writes Politico. The retreat was hosted by the Republican National Committee.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.