#1 2025-05-11 13:52:22

Jeebus, our government sure has been busy coordinating with Trump family enterprises.


The gift is expected to be announced next week, when Trump visits Qatar on the first foreign trip of his second term, according to sources familiar with the plans.

Trump toured the plane, which is so opulently configured it is known as "a flying palace," while it was parked at the West Palm Beach International Airport in February.

Both the White House and DOJ concluded that because the gift is not conditioned on any official act, it does not constitute bribery, the sources said. Bondi's legal analysis also says it does not run afoul of the Constitution's prohibition on foreign gifts because the plane is not being given to an individual, but rather to the United States Air Force and, eventually, to the presidential library foundation, the sources said.


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According to aviation industry experts, the estimated value of the aircraft Trump will inherit is about $400 million, and that's without the additional communications security equipment the Air Force will need to add to properly secure and outfit the plane in order to safely transport the commander in chief.

Meanwhile, Harvard University international security professor Juliette Kayyem said: “The surveillance and security aspects are also as disturbing as the grift.”

The CNN security analyst added that “Qatar will surely offer a plane that satisfies their needs as well.”

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#2 2025-05-11 14:22:50

Not enough Bling for the Donald. But all the Things you could ever want.

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Trump, 78, intends to use the aircraft — called the most luxurious private jet in the world — as an interim presidential jet while Boeing completes the next generation Air Force One fleet following years of frustrating delays and cost-overruns.

The jumbo-jet, valued at $400 million, will then potentially transferred it to the Trump presidential library foundation as the president leaves office, sources told ABC News.

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#3 2025-05-11 22:13:58

Judging by those pictures, it looks overvalued.

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#4 2025-05-12 08:17:54

Just thinking about how Donald will have the interior remodeled into a New Orleans whorehouse.  There ain't near enough gold shit on the walls right now.

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#5 2025-05-12 14:04:18

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The tragic thing is that to dolly this Winnebago up, you and the American taxpayer are on the hook for Trump's personal toy. Can the taxpayer get a look at the planned expenditures to be done? Since has been such a high priority of his for a long time.

Is An ‘Interim’ Air Force One Replacement Even Feasible?

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#6 2025-05-12 16:56:51

I have to imagine that upgrading this monstrosity to meet Presidential needs would be both absurdly time-consuming and hilariously expensive.

But we allegedly can't afford things like PBS.

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#7 2025-05-13 08:14:55

Save a penny, spend a million.  Donald wants to leverage America until we're bankrupt.

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#8 2025-05-13 11:04:16

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane. Anybody can do that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!! MAGA

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#9 2025-05-13 15:50:46

Johnny_Rotten wrote:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane. Anybody can do that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!! MAGA

I like that he makes the distinction that this is a gift that's free of charge.  Unlike all the other gifts where you have to pay someone for them, I guess.

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