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Everyone Looks Presidential on Air Force One

Josh King on why Donald Trump is looking kind of respectable during his first foreign trip.

President Donald Trump arrives at Palazzo del Quirinale ahead of the meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday in Rome.

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Donald Trump looks a lot more comfortable traveling abroad than he ever has in the White House. Josh King says there’s a good explanation for this. “Two Air Force Ones, a beast limousine, all the trappings of the United States government … it’s hard to screw that up,” says King, an expert in presidential stagecraft. He previously worked as an advance man in the Clinton White House.

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