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Trump lands in Germany after surprise visit to Iraq
US President Donald Trump has landed at the Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, and will visit the troops stationed there after making a surprise trip to Iraq aboard Air Force One.
Trump’s plane landed in Germany just before 2 am local time Thursday, and the president is expected spend a short while at Ramstein while his plane is refueled and prepared for return to the US.
Though it's the middle of the night at Ramstein, Pres Trump is using refueling pitstop to meet aboard Air Force One with USAF Commanders, He'll also get a chance to greet some base personnel.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 27, 2018
On his first visit to the troops overseas, Trump spent several hours at the Al Asad Air Base west of Baghdad on Wednesday. The trip was organized in such secrecy, news of it did not leak to the media beforehand.
The location of his second destination was likewise unknown, though it was speculated it would be somewhere in Europe based on radar tracking, until reports came in of Air Force One touching down at Ramstein.
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