Trump: 'threat' led US to pull bombers from RAF Fairford

US President Donald Trump said a "threat" prompted the US to remove bombers from a military air base in England where a suspected terror plot prompted heightened security concerns.

Speaking to reporters as he departed the White House for a campaign stop in Nebraska, Trump said he didn't want to tempt "the enemy" by having Air Force bombers at base in England, prompting the bombers to be brought home to the US.

TRUMP: "Well, we had an idea that there might be a threat. And why would I leave them there? It costs very little money to move them, you know, relatively closely. But, no, we had a threat, and if we're going to be threatened, we'll just move them and that sort of alleviates that. And we actually know the people that made the threat, and they've gotten themselves some big problems."

Five men were detained shortly after midnight on September 27th on suspected explosives and terrorism offenses after three suspicious vans were spotted traveling toward RAF Fairford.

The U.K.-owned base has been used by American bombers during decades of conflicts in the Middle East, including the ongoing Iran war.

A sixth suspect, a British-Iranian dual national, was arrested several days later.

All the men have been released on bail.