President Trump was preparing to depart for a Republican midterm convention in Texas when an incident occurred with the Qatari-gifted Air Force One. An emergency inflatable slide was deployed before the president's departure.

The deployment of the slide happened at Joint Base Andrews. The president was headed to Dallas for the convention.

Further details about the incident are available from the source, but it is known that the slide was deployed as the president was preparing to leave for the convention in Texas.