Donald Trump Wants To Fly to a Place His Government Says To Avoid

Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump just greenlit flights to a country his own government warns Americans to avoid. The president's directive to end a 40-year ban on direct flights to Lebanon raises questions amid ongoing regional conflict. Donald Trump's direct-flight announcement to Lebanon clashes with an active Level 4 travel advisory President Trump announced on July 21 that he would allow U.S. airlines to fly directly to Lebanon. The directive ends a ban the FAA imposed in 1985 after Hezbollah hijacked TWA Flight 847. That incident triggered a 17-day . . .