They shouldn’t give the library the plane until they pay for the government costs.
They shouldn’t give the library the plane until they pay for the government costs.
“I promise as your senator I will fight hard to keep reporting and do nothing to end this fascist regime.”
Seems like someone could file an article of impeachment over this.
This isn’t just political corruption anymore . This is a crime wave.
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Take note America and let it sink in, it's just the beginning of what you are going to be paying for with the felon in chief in charge of the WH circus!!
Such BS! We need the tax payers dollars for veterans, SNAP benefits, education, Medicaid. Let MAGA pay for the retrofit!
Could we ask Ukraine if they could spare a few of those drones that took out half the Russian air force and make the jet from Qatar permanently unavailable?
And what is the outlook for the official, in-process AF1 fleet?
There should NEVER be a tRump Library! That would be another obscene injustice against US.
Yes, but since the jet is not in a brown paper bag, it's technically not corruption, per Anthony Kennedy.
Looks like it’s going to be the first mobile presidential library
Blame the Trumpublican controlled coward Congress for allowing blatant robbery of tax dollars. Maybe if a responsible party takes over they will vote to cancel their pensions, health care and sue them for any enrichment they got from billionaire donors.
Did Trump just risk U.S. nuclear security by 'stealing' $1 BILLION to fund his personal Qatari jet? bsky.app/profile/that...
Speaking of corruption, here’s a recent CNN headline, normalizing Trump’s corruption and conflicts of interest 😡 Trump’s Scotland trip latest example of blending private business with presidential duties By Jeremy Herb
They're going to ask us to foot the bill for a hangar for his "Presidential library," aren't they A library with a single bedside paperback copy of Mein Kampf, and a Qatar-donated Air Force One
Who will pay for its maintenance after being transferred to Trump’s “library “ ?
It's unethical. It's corrupt. And it's illegal. No matter what they say to justify their actions, Corruption in broad daylight is Still Corruption.
I don’t want any of my tax money paying for violent pedo’s inappropriate gift
And have the American taxpayers heard "Thank you" from him yet?
"Presidential." "Library."
Crime syndicate, no Justice
How do you put an airplane in a presidential library?? 😳 Do you put the library inside the plane or just have it parked outside the library building??????
We shouldn’t renovate this palatial plane just because the toddler is impatient to get his new one. Let him throw a tantrum. What the hell. Trump’s cutting budgets. Let’s start with his.We’ll impound the plane and auction it.If the national debt is so critical to Republicans they’ll love this idea.
I hope he never gets to fly on that plane to be honest. It will take years to refit and he will be lucky to finish his term with his health issues.
The most corrupt “president” in history. Americans need to take out the trash in every upcoming election. Maybe actually vote this time people? It’s the only way to rid America of Republican corruption.
And yet, democrats do nothing but whine!
For some reason, the words "blackmail" or "bribe" are nowhere to be found in this piece by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
So they gave him a fixer-upper, and now he wants us to pay the mechanic's bill. Infuriating, but somehow anticipated.
The notion that a library needs or benefits from an airplane is itself insane. Someone please present value the future costs to the National Archives & Records Admin (ie taxpayers) of decades of operating, storage and maintenance costs for this plane. It’s way more than just the $1B retrofit costs.
It's not going to a library. It's going to be his new private jet, after the nice billion dollar taxpayer upgrade.
I agree it will be used as a private jet at the beck and call of ppl running the library, who will invariably (I assume) be Trump family and friends. But the ownership and financial costs will be with NARA. So that $1b number being reported for the “free” plane is actually going to be a LOT bigger.
Let's CrowdSource a Ukrainian drone!
A. He'll never have a library B. It will be his new rally transportation
On your watch. so to get reelected we want from you 1. a comprehensive plan to financially shore up Social Security Do that one thing Show us you got the smarts to do this one thing, fix it.
The renovations might not even be completed before his term is up so what is even the point of renovation?
I do not give a single shit about a fucking jet when people are being kidnapped by secret police and our government is enabling genocide
Convicted felon dictators don’t deserve a library.
Especially ones that can't read.
I'd like a refund. Or, at a minimum, a THANK YOU from the recipient.
Why does a presidential library need a jet, and why would a President who doesn’t read get a library? Questions sane people would ask….
Put trumps name on it, maybe someone will buy it
Hope the next administration either sells it or guts it
The corruption is offensive beyond belief. What can be done? Why is this legal? If Congress has the power of the purse, how is this transfer of wealth happening?
Because the party that controls Congress doesn't care
The corruption is colossal. And don’t get me started on how a plane can be part of a presidential library.
Who said he's getting a library?
"Library" hehe.
Do something about it
Robbing us in plain sight.
Tell me more about the Fed renovations and Jerome Powell. At least the building will be used for public servants.
Yes, I’d like to opt out of that please
Republicans don't want to talk about THIS scandal... $1 BILLION of OUR hard-earned American taxpayer money. And then FELON/Sexual Predator Trump plans to KEEP the taxpayer-paid plane for himself. Republican voters are such SUCKERS! They screwed us all! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
That’s a whole lot of Medicaid dollars just sayin
Democrats should start saying that trump shouldn't be eligible for a library - he's twice impeached so far and should impeached a couple more times just based on his last 6 months, including the corruption of getting a Qatari plane in violation of the emolument clause of the constitution.
Donald J Trump is a criminal. He does criminal shit all day long so again what are we going to do about it?
Criminality and conflict of interest - Engaging in business deals with legal settlements with the media and memecoin businesses.
Conflict of interest - Accepting a $500,000 membership fee for a new Trump club in Washington D.C.
Conflict of interest -related to his involvement with LIV Golf and its events hosted at Trump properties.
Self enrichment - Continuing to develop Trump properties overseas, including in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Self enrichment - The Trump family making $1.6 billion from the Trump Organization and other sources during Trump's first term.
Self enrichment - Engaging in business deals and selling access through ventures like his Stablecoin, including a $300 million deal with a company linked to China.
Self enrichment - Accepting a $400 million jet from Qatar and trading national security policy for gifts.
Self enrichment - Profiting from his businesses, including hotels and golf courses, through government and foreign patronage.
Abuse of power - Halting enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and skipping an anti-bribery working group meeting, potentially signaling a weakening stance on combating foreign corruption.
Abuse of power - Using his position to further his personal interests and potentially engage in transactions that have led to policy changes favoring those who benefited the Trumps.
Abusive power - Appointing a major campaign donor, Elon Musk, to lead a White House office with broad authority, despite Musk's businesses being regulated by the government.
Abuse of power - Undermining the independence of Inspectors General within government agencies.
Conflict of interest - Meetings and negotiations with foreign governments coinciding with favorable real estate deals, such as those in Vietnam and Serbia.
Conflict of interest - His administration reportedly delayed rules that would negatively impact industries with ties to Trump properties, such as the National Confectioners Association and payday lenders.
Conflict of interest - Refusing to place assets in a blind trust, a precedent followed by previous presidents.
Conflict of interest - Placing his media company in a trust with himself as the sole beneficiary, maintaining financial control while creating the appearance of separation.
Conflicts of Interest - Not divesting from his real estate empire, leading to thousands of potential conflicts of interest.
Criminality - Numerous instances of alleged Hatch Act violations by senior Trump aides.
Criminality - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has listed potential crimes that Trump's actions may constitute, such as bribery, soliciting foreign campaign contributions, coercion of political activity, misappropriation of federal funds, and obstruction of Congress.
Trump Is running the biggest criminal syndicate that this world has ever seen & it includes him, his family, his friends, billionaires millionaires, the GOP House & Senate and the Supreme Court. He is running a corrupt criminal enterprise where influence and access are linked to his personal gain.
Trump was a criminal a felon and a sexually deviant con man long before establishment, millionaire and billionaires installed him for his first term of president. He is likely a child rapist and pedophile. Now what?
So if his corruption and you know, it’s corruption and it’s against the law why can’t we do anything about it? We can’t arrest him. We can’t hold him accountable. All we can do is talk about all the laws he continues to break. What we understand is the United States government is fucked up.
It's time for a GENERAL STRIKE to halt the gears of injustice. We need ~10.3 million more signed strike cards to reach effectiveness. If you're in the US, sign yours today! generalstrikeus.com/strikecard
GOP math for you.
The next President should just go take it back
Well if he goes to prison for statutory rape he won't get to finish his 4 years, won't get a library and he won't get to keep the stupid plane either! Let's go with that plan!
How is a plane that big going to fit in his library. That is if he gets a library.
But we can’t feed children for head start!
We can't even give them the food we've already paid for, using the staff we've already paid to deliver it.
Nope, and with no one to pick produce, we'll just lower the working age requirements to 10 and up to 99 so the kiddos can learn "work ethic" & grandma can get some exercise!!
That’s already been stated. You got it right !
We are gonna be in an underwear factory before we know it.
I think they think we will be making iPhones. And living in factory housing.
I'm too damn tall to work on circuit boards. (wait for it.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fII...
Omg, pure gold. 🏆
You, my dear, will be lead picker in the banana tree fields. Location yet to be determined.
Ah, yes. I shall be a circuit board engineer!
Billionaire corruption is a cornerstone of Trump's Betrayal Agenda
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A lot. Let him renovate it himself. It's his. He can afford it. We can't. Besides, now we know it wasn't a gift. He solicited it, through his lackeys, of course. He wanted that jet. Cuz it's glamorous? Who knows? He's a narcissistic sociopath. A very greedy one. He had his underlings coerce Quatar
Any chance MA can withhold federal funds? I don’t want my tax dollars used for his leisure activities such as golf trips, nor personal jets, yachts or homes.
What’s congress going to do to stop this of at least make it difficult ?
Quit paying taxes NOW! THAT is waste!
What happened to the pledge of Transparency?
I said on Day 1 that this 747 upfit was a billion dollar job. It's also true that, in yet another twist of ironic stupidity, the upfit on this jet will *delay* the actual 747s to be delivered as AF1.
I vote we give the jet back to Qatar without Trump’s”improvements”.
Why willthe government will be paying for the refurb? It will never actually be used as AF1 because his term will be over by the time the work is done. If he wants a plane for his library then his payoff filled library fund should pay for the retrofit.
Give it back to Qatar, sell it, blow it up--but don't let Trump have it, unless we're imprisoning him in it for the rest of his natural life.
Over a billion dollars... They have to completely treat it apart and make sure it's secure, then to make it workable with all the offices like the last ones .. It's totally ridiculous
make him pay for it with the inauguration bribes. Aren't the leftover monies from the inauguration supposed to go towards his library anyway?
The cost estimates are exorbitant and unnecessary. This president seems to think govt funds are limitless. His BBB effectively & inconsiderately shifted a tremendous tax burden onto everyday Americans in order to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.He wants the plane, he pays for renovations himself.
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Tell him to use a golf cart.
I wish someone would just burn it on the tarmac (making sure that no one’s on it at the time)
The airplane in question was donated to the American people. If we are paying to convert it to AirForce One with OUR money, it had better stay with the Office of Presidency, not the man. Besides, that would be an illegal emolument, banned by the Constitution.
This “gift plane” is going to cost a billion + in taxpayer dollars and for what? It’s insanely wasteful and completely unnecessary. But Trump wants it! 🤬
I think he plans on being supreme leader by then.
Of taxpayer's dollars and we don't get to keep the darn thing for future administrations... that is absolutely waste and abuse!
That's my Senator! Thank you, Elizabeth!!!
And if it is ever completed, it will be at least 14 years old on day 1 of use as AF1.
And as his library it will transport him around the world.
Old enough to remember when he called himself a billionaire and he really wasn't close. Now... he just takes it straight out of the collection plate.
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In 2029, there will be an 83 year old convicted felon and sexual predator flying around in a jet for his personal use that was funded by taxpayer money. How does he reallocate funds for his own private interest? We demand an investigation into this blatant corruption
Definition of oxymoron. Trump Library
I think Trump and his billionaire oligarch buddies should fund this.
trump, a well-fed tumor attached to the US Treasury.
His “future presidential library” wink wink….
that "library fund" is where all this bribe money is going. mob-style shakedown in plain sight.
This would be an excellent opportunity for the Democrats to take the house in the midterms and pull the plug on the work. Recision on spending works both ways.
Why is it going to his presidential library? It will be private to avoid any government interference.
How is government property just given to the presidential library? As I understand it, it will be a privately funded and owned so no federal rules will need to be followed. Surely it can’t be by just a executive order?
Let's pay for the part where, as a security check, the entire jet has to be dismantled but then, oops, not reassemble it.
The thing that upsets me the most about this post is the presidential library. Is that part a joke? It’s common knowledge that he doesn’t read and despises the sharing of facts.
Can't feed hungry kids. Can't get Universal Healthcare. Can't house the homeless. CAN spend a billion on a fucking plane. Wake up maggots - you voted for this!
Looks like we finally found that fraud, waste and abuse!
He will be dead soon and won’t use it much #latentsyphilis
We know he's corrupt. Democrats must do more than narrate the swift slide into authoritarianism. Remove the entire treasonous regime from office. Don't wait until midterms or the next election. Grind every bit of business to a halt until he and his collaborators are gone. Discuss interim government.
Presidential library? He can't read. It'll go to his future air field near Mar-a-Lago.
What a lovely emolument from a foreign government. And so nice for the President that SCOTUS ruled he doesn't have to follow the Constitution. Our nation has become a farce. Not a funny one, though.
Bullshit take it. It is ours. VOTE.
Nothing is free!
Since I only have one outrage a day to give for my country, this one will be in the queue until October.
Over his entire life, anything Donald ever received or obtained, was either given to him, or stolen by him.
$934 million from the ICBM nuclear program will be used to fix up that fat fucker’s plane.
I don't know much about things, but aren't libraries supposed to be quiet? Aren't jets really loud?
And....what happens to the new one Boeing is building that we are ALSO paying for?????
We are paying for TWO PLANES now?????????
NO!! As a taxpayer,I refuse to pay for this. Let it stay in disrepair and go to his library.
Removable offense
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That jet will not go to Trump's fictitious presidential library. Trump just stole the FIFA gold medal, literally pocketed it last week. Trump will pocket the jet, too. Guarantee.
Not just the medal, but also the trophy
Tax him on it. If it goes his library, make them keep it grounded as an exhibit.
Waste, Fraud, Abuse from the Felon
I surely hope that once he is out of office you work to impound and ground the plane. Then it needs to be stripped down of sensitive materials and equipment. Hopefully very very slowly. It may take years to complete, and possibly not able to fly when completed.
Tr*mp’s library will be the only one in the nation with more planes than books in it.
please show him the proper respect and use the full name: Donald J Trump Presidential Library for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Who Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too
The corruption is exhausting. All of it while he ruins our country
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No.
RPG it on the Tarmac. Can't renovate a wreck.
The biggest grift ever #criminal
where is the written agreement handing over the jet to US "government"? And if a gift to USA how is it legal for it to be transferred to Trump's "library"? It makes no sense.
Narrator: Of course the Presidential Library was never built, due to the nuclear war of 2026.
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Maybe try passing a "hold" on the jet upgrade money?
This is an impeachable offense.
And in the rosiest possible scenario (no project delays, he voluntarily leaves office at the end of his term) the American people will only get use of this jet for a year. $1B for *one* year.
Gotta love the bullshit letters I got from my Louisiana senators defending this bullshit when I wrote to them. I should compare them as I’m pretty sure it was GOP nonsense. I mean …
The DOJ has dismissed all charges against Fat Brands and its chairman, Andy Wiederhorn, previously accused of tax evasion and wire fraud. Fat Brands contributed to Trump’s inauguration fund.
Can't it be confiscated?
At the same time we cut the everyday American social safety net. He is so selfish.
That Jet is going to the Trumps.
All for a jet that's going to his future Presidential Library... *that will never be built.
If plane is government property it’s going to his library over my dead body.
It will be the centerpiece of the “corruption” exhibit.
I am positive Qatar didn’t give him a pile of junk. Why would it ever need to be renovated?
Thanks for the impotent update.
I heard they have not given it to us yet as they want to make sure it was requested and not offered
Are tax payers paying to hide this stuff? What are you guys going to do about this? Look at the date on this document. How did this pedophile creep ever get elected? www.courtlistener.com/docket/41544...
Is it even legal to divert missile defense funds to retrofit his personal flying palace?
Tell the @housebudgetdems.bsky.social to specifically write it out of the Appropriations This is why people are angry with democrats. You're not the victims! We, the voters, get to complain. You must organize and communicate your plan of action to us. We do not to hear about your ineptitude
Why would it go to his Presidential Library? MF’er doesn’t know how to read.
I believe he’s going to find a way to reserve the plane, which was donated by a foreign government, refurbished by American taxpayers, and with maintenance and operating expenses paid by his presidential library foundation.
Yes, it’s going to his presidential library, but will it be on display at a library or loaned to Trump for his exclusive use by the foundation?
So many Federal reserve buildings could have been renovated for those monies. We could have given JPow a golden crown for that kind of money.
If it's going directly to his library, why is it being retrofitted to become an AF1? He won't need the technology AF1 has. It won't be completed before the end of his term. Please explain.
No. This is illegal. Action needs to be taken. Congress is stronger than the executive. Why is this just happening without a fight? $1B fraud and theft
Since when has Trump ever had a problem with suckling at the public teat? Or any teat that's sufficiently green, for that matter?
His library... LOL. Dude should be tarred and feathered and then drawn and quartered.
But we can't afford cancer research or SNAP. Pfft.
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I’m so sick of funding the orange jackass and personal assets and his personal golf outings and his stupid military parade and his stupid tan and his stupid hair and his stupid compression socks!!!!! Can WE THE PEOPLE stop paying our fucking taxes already!?? I mean seriously, FUCK THIS GUY!!! 😡
Alt text would be great. Shows the bare min of support for the disabled community Trump's currently trying to murder. There's a toggle in settings that will remind you to add it.
Alt Text: Screenshot of an online newspaper. It reads: The New York Times Headline NEWS ANALYSIS What Will It Cost to Renovate the 'Free' Air Force One? Don't Ask. Body in next post
Body To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program.
The point is for the OP (who is an elected official in this case) to be doing it on the original image. Disabled folks shouldn't have to dig in comments in order to find alt text.
That's true. I was just trying to help. I know what it's like not to have accessibility features when I need them.
Appreciated. And, yes, didn't mean for that to come across as ungrateful.
The Qatar plane is going to a library why upgrade? Why are we paying for it?He and republicans have burdened generations with almost $4T additional debt so he and elite friends have huge tax breaks at the expense at our expense. $1B retrofit? If you want it upgraded, pay for it yourself!
So the American taxpayer is on the hook for the approximately $1 billion it will take to refurbish this monstrosity. Tell me again that we don’t have money to fund health care, research, and education.
Stop tweeting, start acting
Stolen 900 million from the pentagon wtf
Why does a library need a jet? Will he get free rides for the rest of life?
Of course. That's the point of the bribe.
My thoughts exactly, just park it and let them build the library around it.
Build the library inside, easier to throw in the trash that way
and, remember, even the qataris say the plane costs extra to maintain and fuel