Damn sure wouldn't waste a new one on him
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Trump is like a little baby who wants something he knows he shouldn't have. Waaa. I want palace. If he thought he was leaving it 4 years he wouldn't accept.
Why don't they give it to him after his term is up. See if he goes for that. Promise you he wouldn't go for that deal. :). Wonder why.
At least it exposes his selfishness and greeed which is obscene that people need to have this demonstrated given the man clearly has some serious personality issues.
Tell him that retrofitting it to AirForceOne security standards would "ruin the beautiful golden interior" so it will be better to just wait until he's a private citizen again and won't have to follow those stupid security rules. Meanwhile, as President, he'll have to keep using the "little" presidential aircraft.
He might be tempted into quitting early, or at least not extending his reign. Or he'll insist on using the unsecured plane, and maybe something catastrophic will happen over the Pacific.
he will make gaudy after they retrofit, and make them add diamonds, gold leaf, marble all in the interior, with diamond chandelier, and only gold toilets.
The current two Air Force One planes (whatever the president is flying in is called Air Force One) are the exact same model as this "gift".
No, the VC25As are reinforced in many ways. If you mean the size, he's the one called them small.
That's fair. I shouldn't have said model. You're right.
And yet they're bigger, fly higher and faster, and have longer range than his 757.
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He will take it with him if he leaves office.
He will XO a charity gift to the newly found "Trumps School For Governments That Can't Democracy Good", and use it to fly around and give intimate talks at lavish dinners (not keynote speeches. Just be at a table)
🤞 there are mechanical difficulties with it
A modern-day white elephant! Kind of hilarious that Trump of all people got it.
Critics, however, fear that the acceptance would be unethical and even unconstitutional.
Newsweek could retain at least a shred of journalistic integrity by changing one word there:
Critics, however, ~~fear~~ note that the acceptance would be unethical and even unconstitutional.
Wow so it's not even a NEW plane but shitty high maintenance sloppy seconds.
The mandarin chief really does have a type...
Mandarin chief... I'm fucking dying, haha
On a scale from the Watergate hotel room to an American embassy in Moscow, how bugged do you think it is?
Yes
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lol, the thing is a cheap old crusty mooncake :D
So you're telling me there's a slight chance of a RUD mid-flight?
I would settle for a snafu that ends in an unscheduled remote water landing
I’ll take a flat spin due to poor placement of a solid gold toilet with a heavy McDonald’s shit dropped in it
How about just really sticky peanuts?
LOL get fucked pedo
Ohh, when he pays the taxes on this, that will be many millions going into our budget, right? Right?
It's an a diversion, media and people are focusing on that when there's much more pressing stuff that needs to be taken care of.
like the 20,000 soldiers?
like the rehiring of violent LEOs?
like the federalization of LEOs?
like the CDC gaining the power to arrest people within a "quarantine zone"?
nah man, I don't see it...
This is often the case, so I'm not disagreeing with you. But if you say that without any examples aren't you just yelling at the clouds?
I mean... Look at everything they've been doing since they took power? Less ICE coverage because people are busy talking about AF1. Women rights, passing a bill that will prevent any anti AI measures, the list goes on and on
We need everybody to tell good old Donnie that he was "gifted" a plane that's the equivalent to the rusty old piece of s*** car that's been sitting in the yard for 5 years and hasn't sold.
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