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Freelance reporter Andrew Leyden posted a peculiar image to X on Friday: former President Donald Trump’s private Boeing 757, sometimes referred to as “Trump Force One,” parked next to a diplomatic aircraft for the Russian government at Washington Dulles International Airport. It’s unclear exactly how this happened and it could easily have been a coincidence — this Russian aircraft, an exception to the general ban on Russian planes in U.S. airspace, visits Washington, D.C. every few months to exchange embassy staff — but the sight of these two aircraft parked together triggered a flurry of spec…

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