A PLANE?!?! My dad turned down tickets to a BULLETS game when he was chief of staff of the senate foreign relations committee! And this guy accepts A PLANE?
A PLANE?!?! My dad turned down tickets to a BULLETS game when he was chief of staff of the senate foreign relations committee! And this guy accepts A PLANE?
Trojan Plane
Not just a plane but a Luxury Edition. $$$$$$$$$$$$$
My mother was in charge of procurement and cost analysis for Navy defense contracts. She wasn't allowed to accept as much as a cup of coffee.
Karoline Leavitt: “Unlike the warmongering democrats, Trump is bringing peace to the Middle East and is sacrificing his comfort on freshly gold plated Air Force 1 just to set an example for the people how prosperous the US can be with open trade his tariffs are bringing. You’re welcome America.”
Thank you John Roberts court and Mitch McConnell.
your dad: that would be unethical. this asshat: cool! a. plane. good thing i'm logging off.
Thanks my friend I was crushed at the time I was a kid and loved them desperately I was the only one who watched the team so it felt personal that he turned them down
i fully understand. as an adult you can admire his integrity, but as a kid you can only see what you didn't get to enjoy. oh, i know that feeling. ugh. takes me straight back to my own disappointments as a kid. isn't it funny how easily we can access that? helps when raising kids, though.
True
it's one of my favorite things about my mom - she remembered what it was like to be a kid. later, i'll tell you the story of how i almost met the bee gees when i was in 8th grade. perfect example of how well-trained i was as a young 'un.
If we win the midterms, we could just impound the plane, sighting the laws prohibiting this type of gift.
The reality is, now, that people are lining up behind daRUMP to show how like him they are 🫤🤢
Your dad's someone to really be proud of. I wish I had known him.
I’m pretty sure his goal is to single handed break every law and ethos known to man
100%
Complete with interior gold finishing! Nothing says America like flying around in a foreign made plane!
I would presume that's because your dad is a convicted felon and corrupt piece of shit.
I got "counseled"for accepting a ride to the airport from a former ship mate when I was a Gov Employee and he was a contractor.
Obama asked Congress for permission to receive the $1M for the Nobel Peace Prize
This is on ALL republicans. They are all corrupt to the core. Satan is smiling.
I couldn’t access a gift worth more that $5 as a social worker, even then it could be scrutinised.
What if Trump uses the plane to get to a Bullets/Wizards road game at some point? Does that make it okay?
Your dad had honor.
He just did what was right, there should be no praise for that. It shouldn't be unusual, it should be expected. No disrespect to Dad though. Leaders and people in positions of power should always have integrity and be held to account. Corruption starts small.
Maybe your dad wasn't a crook and traitor?
Too many Americans are fine with Donald cashing in. Until that changes, he will, quite obviously, go on cashing in.
Yup! Frightening
Morals.
Right?! As a fed spouse, I turned down a private tour of a small museum.
It is illegal
Here's the thing... your dad wasn't a corrupt conman.
Burn it on the tarmac.
It’s gonna be loaded with spy-ware and if we’re lucky it will crash. At any rate, the orange turd won’t get many joy rides before he strokes out.
I turned down BOTTLED WATER in meeting with contractor onsite.
Rules are for thee but not for me! That’s this president’s motto.
My job is to provide transport for senior citizens,disabled adults including adults with Down syndrome and autism etc…. I am not allowed to accept tips from my riders.
And the investigation of Hunter Biden continues apace.
He’s not just accepting it, he plans to steal it when he leaves office!
He will never leave per se. one of his children will be installed.
Its not just a plane. Its a fucking air yatch
Rise up or something.
Low energy dad
So Putin can keep tabs on him and get rid of him midair when no longer needed.
It’s a whole new world in trumpmerica
Republicans don't care about hypocrisy or shame anymore, they're all like those mega church pastors that have 3 private planes but still act righteous AND demand you give them money
My goodness! I just looked up your dad, and holy smokes he was an accomplished man.
Me too. Grandpa also.
Everyone is outraged that trump is accepting an insanely expensive plane from the Saudis. The weird thing is that I believe this is only the thing he's caught accepting. There is probably much more we don't know about.
But I'm excited about how there's a plan to keep it once he's left the presidency suggesting that he plans to leave the presidency someday?
Your Dad followed the law on federal employees accepting gifts.
Trump has no morals, just a misguided sense of entitlement.
Misguided and, might I stress, an undeserved sense of entitlement.
Okay, well let's see the plane before we all freak out.
No telling what other “gifts” he has accepted. Trump is corrupt as hell.
Fair to say your father had principles & honor. Trash couldn't care less about anyone or anything not named DJT. He would sell his mother if it meant saving his ass.
Robert Hormats divested his whole portfolio before going to work for HRC. He wasn’t even an elected official and wasn’t required to do so, but he didn’t want any blow back on her. They’re criminals.
He’s been selling access via a meme coin for weeks. None of this is “normal” or ok, but also not surprising.
You know that sign that displays our national debt in real time? We need one of those displaying the bribes the orange clown is taking. Similar rates of growth I’m sure.
Genuinely brilliant idea. The Democrats could put this up---if they have the courage.
Love this idea. Times Square. Ideally next to Fox News offices Could we widen it to all of the grift and money he and his family are making?
Across from Trump tower like they did with his felonies
While I appreciate the taunting, more eyeballs in Times square. More importantly, I really like your handle. Lol
He also recently took a $2 billion dollar crypto bribe but our media seems unconcerned with that. The only thing more corrupt than the first Trump administration is the current Trump administration.
way more corrupt then the first term!
It's ridiculous to insinuate Trump is in any way profiting from his presidency. He left a life of luxury to serve, not once but twice. Isn't that something to the effect Leavitt said not 2 days ago ?
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It will probably have spy equipment hardwired into it because Trump is too stupid and incompetent to even check.
And a real Pres declined an apple pie
I remember Amy Carter being sad because she couldn’t keep a little gold necklace.
With immunity
Your dad wasn’t compromised
Even working for a state university, you're not allowed to accept gifts. You have to avoid even the appearance of bribery, no matter how small.
He is corrupt!!!!
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Seriously, WTF Justice department? Remove 47. He is a traitor.
The pure of heart republicans believe nothing matters except power. At any cost.
I assume there are bags of money in the plane, right?
Hell I can’t accept more than $5 therefore I have a drawer of nice pens…but not really nice ones.
At my last company, we couldn’t accept anything that cost more than $50 & had to complete countless hours of mandatory ethics & compliance training, but he gets a plane?
When I was a reporter for a small paper, I couldn't let anyone buy me lunch. When I covered lunch-time speaker events, I couldn't eat the lunch. Because ethics.
My contract as an arts freelancer for a daily paper stated that I couldn't accept anything of greater value than a keychain (I mean, I'm sure Tiffany and Harry Winston make pretty swanky keychains, but the point was "Don't take gifts from people you're covering.")
When my dad worked as an engineer in an army arsenal, he turned down a gift of 5lbs of Canadian bacon. Money was tight and the family could have used it.
The corruption hasn’t even kicked in full force yet and already it’s way over the top 🤷🏾♂️
Blatant abuse of power - AGAIN! All the assets of #convictedfelontrump and the #trumpcrimefamily should be seized and nationalized to reduce national debt and they should all be arrested immediately and put in solitary confinement
100% illegal. Like he cares.
A co-worker told a client representative about trying to find a part for a motorcycle he was restoring. Attorney offered to call a client who could likely get it and he would pick it up and drive it 130 miles to him for just cost of the part. Co-worker declined but did take number and picked it up
A plane that is a flying palace worth nearly $400 million! Corruption in this administration is the norm.
Wait...what?
This is insanity.
More than once, I've heard former DOJ lawyers say they - literally - couldn't let anyone buy them a cup of coffee. They obviously were thinking too small!
Except your dad was #aipac b!tch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wonder if the plane will have auto turn off features controlled by the giftor- like Tesla does or like hackers can do to cars remotely
If only the Republican party had any morals or nerve, they could absolutely put a stop to this lawlessness, any time they want.
Most federal employees can't even accept lunch from an applicant or anyone they might have regulatory oversight of.
Postal workers aren't even allowed to accept gift cards of any significant amount.
I tried to buy a federal civil servant a muffin at the commissary and he said "no".
And using it as Air Force one.
Wouldn't that be a national security issue? Doesn't he carry the nuclear codes when he's in a plane when he goes? How do we know what they've installed in these planes? Aside from the fact it's bribery but seems risky too
And shouldn’t he be buying American anyway?
I just want one day in the near future when I’m not reading something about him and a big giant WTF accidentally comes out of my mouth.
Your Dad is a class act, unlike the current Fat Ass In Chief.
They made Jimmy Carter give up his peanut farm. It's absolutely disgusting that Trump hasn't been made to give up ANYTHING.
Imagine President Barack Obama accepted a luxury plane from an enemy like Qatar. He would not, because he’s an outstanding American. Meanwhile, the Orange Turd, a traitor and Russian asset-EVIL, has no moral or ethical meter, nor fear of the Constitution and the laws.
Above the law Above morality Above decency Above decorum Below radar?
Likely it's so he can communicate with his dictator buddies while in flight, and not have any accountability that comes as standard with AF1. Just like the use of Signal instead of official channels, he can avoid all monitoring. It's a fascist wanting to hide stuff. #planegift #AF1 #HidingCrimes
He and his supporters called Hillary crooked and said Biden was corrupt
Not bribery? Not unconstitutional? They might as well say it’s not a plane.
I'm not allowed to accept a promotional notepad from a pharmaceutical company (and btw, neither was Tony Fauci).
I’m not allowed to give you, or Tony, a notepad. And if I buy either of you coffee, in perhaps appreciation for saving the world, I have to report it.
When have you known Trump to be ethical? The level of corruption is nauseating.
The thing about him is, he's so easy to bribe.
And why wouldn't he? Considering that it has been made abundantly clear time and time again that there won't be consequences. At this point its hard to blame him when the people of the us have said "we are fine with a rapist as president openly taking bribes and embezzling"
It’s just so obvious
I believe civil service workers are expected to decline gifts in excess of 25 bucks.
He didn't take the plane as a gift to be used by all Presidents and kept by the government, but he keeps it when he leaves office. That's a bribe, period.
I hope the Saudi's bugged the shit out of that thing.
Pardon me, the Qataris, not the Saudis.
My dad was in the military and considered using one staple from the office on something personal was theft. Yet here we are……
As a DoD employee working with contractors, I’d turned down lunches, rides, etc., to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. His company just inked a deal with Qatar. Unreal.
Plus he’s having it revamped so now taxpayers have to pay for that plus he’s keeping the plane after office for personal use. It’s infuriating.
I work for a (private) org governed by SEC laws and we have to ask HR before accepting anything valued at $100+ to make sure we aren't violating any conflicts of interest.
Everything about this regime hits right in the ethics. When I was a journalist a guy I interviewed gave me an autographed copy of his book. I carefully put it in the newsroom bookshelf and bought another copy for myself. Only I cared.
As a public servant in Canada, I turned down a baseball hat. A hat.
Not just any plane, a $400 million plane. If your dad could swing a $400 million Bullets ticket bribe, it'd be a different story.
I think demanded is a better word
ngl Your Dad Kinda Looking Like A Scrub Right Now Ain't He
if I accepted anything more from a vendor than a stress ball with a company logo on it, I'd be fired and maybe indicted.
That's because your dad understood.
Ahhh the Cap Centre…yeah he’s a disgrace…
Imagine if a Dem president did this.
Because he got through 2 impeachment before and m garland passed the buck
no no no no no no no... this is showing us they have bought the usa LIV golf normalized the invasion this plane will not need to crash into any buildings - it's a gift for our sacrifice
And tickets to the Washington Bullets had essentially NEGATIVE value.
The times they are a-changing. For the worse.
I was once offered a shop vac, by a supplier, and did the right thing, your dad Galedriel and me, we made sterner stuff than that trump fella
Ok, so a $200,000,000 plane. My questions are. 1) What are the gifts we are not hearing about? 2) We make jets in the US. What happened to US first? 3) How does the military make sure that the plane is safe and bug free? 4) How much will it cost to run it vs. the current AF1?
Maybe they'll just skip the making it secure and safe for us 😆 🤣 Maybe it's a Trojan horse to take him down.
Interesting idea
Concern has already been expressed regarding the difficulties, time and cost involved to make sure the plane is suitable and safe for Presidential use. 🐿️
I couldn’t accept a cookie. A freakin cookie.
They really take it as a rule that anything that’s wrong at a small level becomes fine once make it big enough.
i worked in a retail store and was one of those monkies hauling the big items and loading into your car I was told I couldn't accept tips and would be fired if I did
My husband worked foreign affairs for the last 5 years of his Air Force career. So many trips to SE Asia, so many gifts rejected. Trinkets, meals, drinks, etc. All rejected because it was not worth any potential investigation & the loss of his rank and benefits. But this asshole gets a plane. 🙄
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In my government job we do not accept gifts, by policy. I don't accept anything, ever. But it's ok to accept a 747, I guess. Ethics are for suckers, amirite?
I had to turn down cupcakes when I was a courtroom clerk.
Will the Supreme Court rule on this? Will Congress?
The time has come to ask other countries for help.
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Merry Griftmas! It pays to be Putin's pal.
Laws only matter when people care.
He's a fucking criminal. Wondering what bonuses are in the plane? Autopilot maybe aimed at another American high rise or government building?
Call it what it is, A Bribe. I can be fired for accepting anything from families. They generally look the other way for food, but its still not technically allowed.
Secondhand, it seems
A luxury palace in the sky plane. One that he will take personal possession of at the end of his term. The plan is to transfer ownership to his Pres Library… to take it off the hands of the Air Force so that makes it better
I wasn’t allowed to accept lunch as a technical consultant!
CORRUPT MFs of the Putin backed MAGgAts lunatics cult
I have to turn down lunch as a state worker.
Just a reminder that this was written about Obama receiving a parking pass as a gift. Not a fucking plane www.nbcnews.com/politics/bar...
Sucks that we are in an era where rules and laws do not matter to the Executive Branch of our nation. We are now signaling to the world that the White House is open for business and we accept cash, credit cards, crypto, and now planes, no normal person will benefit during this reign of tyranny.
Again. The Saudi trumpcoin thing is bigger.
Integrity is tough for some people.
#FireHim
You could argue that accepting tickets to a Bullets game was, in fact, an act of charity.
Ha! Maybe in the 80s but this was the 70s
Wait....Jethman's father was CoS of Senate Foreign Relations? Cool. Who was Chair?
We need to summon the ghost of William Proxmire to hunt down ALL these avaricious vultures. Time to resurrect the Golden Fleece awards and televise the awards ceremony.
Merrick Garland sponsored corruption
The plane is just the most visible, the crypto is probably even worse!
but blonde bimbo says he is ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!😜
Haven't heard BULLETS in a while. 😁. i still have Bullets hats. 😉 Got to see them win live in Landover during the championship series.
And he can *keep* it after? When working for the govt, I got an award they handed out at an evening meal. I had to pay for my own dinner out of my own pocket because the value of the awards dinner was listed as greater than $25!
We used to have to toss quarters into a styrofoam cup if a government contractor served us coffee.
Emoluments Clause is Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the US Constitution. It prohibits anyone holding a US office of profit or trust from accepting titles, emoluments, or offices from foreign states without Congressional consent. Clause aims to ensure public officials prioritize American interests
Remind us what the penalty is for ignoring the US constitution? To date, it appears to be
A plane? Tame media? Toothless opposition? Some of the above.
Thanks to SCOTUS & Mitch McConnell there is no penalty or consequence for POTUS not following the law or Constitution. At least not in the sense of being removed from office or convicted and jailed. I do think civil protest, work slow downs & boycotts could put on some pressure as the midterms loom
That hasn't stopped him yet.
Good thing we have all of these clauses and laws… they’re surely holding up our Constitution, you know, the one the FELON occupying the white house, doesn’t know if he has to uphold!🤬
Our laws are only as strong as the ethics and morals of the men and women elected and appointed to enforce them. The Constitution is just a piece of worthless paper if not followed people.
I couldn’t agree more!
He ignored it in his first term with zero consequences so it’s unsurprising he’s continuing the open corruption. This is what results when you don’t hold people accountable.
Oh so all we need is the GOP to do the right thing
Ok so now we all know they gave him a jet;his family business got a deal on beach side property (5.5 billion dollar) from them; he's KEEPING the jet; it's a clear bribe (Article 1,Sec 9, clause 8); it's against the Constitution (the one he doesn't know if he can honor).So what are we doing about it?
The remedy in the Constitution would be impeachment by House followed by removal by the Senate. That is not going to happen while the GOP has the majority. That means the only action that can be taken right now is calling and writing your Senators and Congressman and colleagues and civil protest.
That’s it until midterms.
I, and many thousands of others, am doing these things. It's just so frustrating that this criminality has no other recourse but to wait it out and hope that Americans come to their senses and get these enablers out of office.
I agree. I have also started boycotting certain businesses that support this administration’s policies. It doesn’t seem to be enough to respond to the urgency of the situation.
"...no person holding any office ...shall, without consent of the Congress, accept of any present... of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
It was barely taken seriously the first term, what with the Goya oval office
The problem is, rules are just guidelines unless someone enforces them.
He's technically "donating" it to the Presidential Library. We love a loophole big enough for a jet, don't we folks
Exactly. Nothing over $25
Exactly. We could have a cookie or coffee, but not a meal.
I couldn’t even keep a bottle of wine
Same
Exactly!!
After 29 years of teaching I got a fake gold watch that was too big. But that’s okay because the money should be for the kids.
Begs for, not accepts. The funny part of this is that it was a very old plane they wanted to dump anyway, I read
But it’s a “flying palace“!
I'm not supposed to take a donut off a vendor's cart.
10 years after the golden escalator ride, nobody should really be surprised at stuff like this anymore. My question is: what are they distracting from now?
Ummmm, the other examples of corruption this administration has engaged in? IMO this isn't a distraction, it's rubbing in that we have no power to enact the laws governing our executive.
enforce*, not enact
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Not just any plane..a 400 million dollar flying palace..it’s impeachable if we had a real Congress.
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That's exactly what I was thinking he carries the nuclear codes right when he leaves?
What the actual fuck. What the fuck is Trump's library? Is he saying he's going to make his own AF1 out of bribe jet and then take it with him when he leaves like he's retiring a Jersey number?
he is filtering a lot of these bribes to a non-existent library, Reagan has a plane & helicopter in his library which he’s apparently hoping to mimic
That makes sense. Everytime somebody in this administration does something ridiculous it seems that somebody can chime in, Reagan did that first.
there has not been one peep about a trimp "library" in all this time, since 2016!
There’s going to be nothing but boxes of classified documents in trump’s “library”.
During the first administration my son said “his library will be a cell phone and an unpaid contractor “
Lol. And a copy of Mein Kampf that he's never actually read
I assumed it would be an extra, an escape plane. Just in case. But I know Reagan's library has his AF1, so it's probably some stupid competitive thing
They just aren’t even trying to pretend anymore - is it so you’ll be so outraged by the grift and corruption, you won’t notice the loss of your Democracy
Da plane boss, da plane
TIL - Diedrich’s dad is William Bader TIR- Diedrich is spelled “died rich”and that’s amazing
He’s vey subtle
A totally not bugged plane. 🙃🤣
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A plane. It's only a plane. The Art of the Steal: When you accept "free" tickets or a meal, it's obviously a bribe. No one anywhere would ever suspect a huge plane would be a bribe. It's a gift. Nothing more. Nothing doing here. I do wonder if they will gift Putin one as well and maybe Orban.
Technically, it goes to the government, the USAF but it is for his defiling.
INSANE
well - if there is a provision that he personally must fly it unassisted...
Must have some interesting stories!
Justice Kagan refused the gift of weekly bagel & lox from her friends.
How is it allowed maaaan😩
Trump is a whore, just like his wife. 💰🤑
And billions in bribes through Meme coins, and a cacophony of other methods! The corruption and rot is so deep we’d have to dig out the entire orchard to be rid of it! The orchard is the entire GOP party of FCKING CRIMINALS!
He’s gonna need it after he declares martial law
I don’t want to hear the words “Hunter Biden” out of MAGA’s mouths ever again
I couldn’t even buy an old desk top phone from the government while I was a federal employee.
Your dad has ethics; trump has none
America used to have laws and rules. Time to fire up the Second A.
It's coming.
Time to go!
They made poor Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.
Fed employees gift value limit: $20 per source, per occasion with annual max of $50 per source. But sure, $20 & $500M are essentially the same, right?
❤️🔥 same same 🍑 butt different. 👀
Did anyone expect a crypto scammer to show an ounce of shame?
I'm on a city board. There's a state law that requires me to not accept any promotional gifts valued over $100 unless I pay for it out of my own pocket. If I do I can be arrested. Why don't we have that law at a federal level?
Federal employees are required to turn down gifts valued at over $20