The amount it would take to customize the "free" plane to make it Air Force One, we could have hired an army of air traffic controllers.
The amount it would take to customize the "free" plane to make it Air Force One, we could have hired an army of air traffic controllers.
The bright and shiny object that has our attention. Meanwhile what is happening to tRump's crypto coin?
Why waste the taxpayer's money when every foreign gov't on the planet has a direct line into every "secret" that is put in front of trump?
Of course once they strip it down the the wires & the shell make sure there are no nefarious parts, no listening devices cameras or other spy stuff & rebuild it ( hopefully the fools taking it apart mark those parts so it is easily rebuilt) it will cost a fortune.
And paid the veterans, scientists and everyone else who were fired to "save money".
Also, cost to strip it to the bones and retrofit is almost half what they are paying Boeing for 2 brand-new jets, with either option being done at the same time. Difference is, he gets to keep gift jet, since it’s being deeded to his “library”. And not pay to retrofit it in tacky gold decor
This, right☝🏼 here.
Or the cost of his stupid parade ….how many controllers could be hired!!?
Estimates about $1trillion.
Is somebody going to tell him that. It won't be ready for him to use before the end of this term. And if he thinks he is going to keep it. Well, we the people. Will have something to say about that. Presidents are not allowed to accept gifts it will belong to us.
Since it was a personal gift that he will retain after leaving office, he should pay for that himself. Otherwise, he can fly it the way it is. Periodt.
Not only will there be expenditures of close to or more than $1 billion to take the plan apart and upgrade it with advanced security fixtures, all that stuff will need to be stripped out once Trump takes the plane home.
Well, maybe not, didn't he waltz out of the WH with hundreds of top secret docs last time? He will give up nothing.
But that would be paying people. They don’t like to pay human people
I hope he gets it it takes three years for it to get "upgraded" and when he leaves Office - the new Democratic president will reacquire it from Trump because it's the US citizens plane and we can use it for a variety of beneficial purposes for the USA citizens.
What about saving $$? He is an unplanned spender
Dump doesn't GAS, about anything than putting $ in his pocket, and thinking he looks good. So will someone tell him the orange makeup makes him look great.
But what’s more important our plane landing or trump gets his shiny gold gift
Any republican who utters the words "national security" ought to be laughed out of a room from here on out
Like when Marco Rubio was still in the Senate & gave away Zelenskyy's location on a confidential call. Or Don tweeted an image of an Iranian missile failure. Took home & hid secret documents. But not from guests. Hegseths group chats. I was General Grant on one.
"national security" "pro-life" "pro-family values" "personal accountability" "back the blue" "deficit hawks" "pro-vet" "hard on crime" All laughable. And yet, the media never pushes back on any of it.
And upgrade the failing infrastructure that has needed upgrading for decades.
Boeing is already under contract to make a new AF1 and they are five billion dollars and like multiple (5? 9? I forget) years into the project. Absolutely insane to try and do this.
And it goes with him in 3 1/2 years to his imaginary library
$1.2 billion minimum
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Before that can even be started the plane will need to be disassembled and searched for bugs. Guaranteed it's loaded with them from top to bottom.
Both electronic and six-legged ones!
Considering they have been trying to sell the aircraft for 5 years and no buyers so probably more true then you might think.
And they've been trying to sell it since 2020
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The 45 million we will spend to throw a birthday parade for a felon could house thousands of homeless veterans.
This government is not serving the people. I’m not sure how much more they need to do so that people realize they work for themselves and pocket your taxes to subsidize their businesses How much more needs to happen before MAGAwakes up and smells the stench of this administration
Bravo !! Perf !!!
Why should the tax payers pay for FOTUS corrupt bribe he received?