Summary

Trump lashed out at bipartisan critics after reports revealed he plans to accept a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jet from Qatar for use as Air Force One.

In a Truth Social post, Trump dismissed concerns as “world class losers” complaining about a transparent gift. Qatar stated the plane is under legal review between its Ministry of Defense and the Pentagon.

Critics, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Chris Murphy, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, accused Trump of corruption and violating the Constitution.

Even allies like Laura Loomer led the MAGA pushback to the jet deal.

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    So…is anyone not thinking that the plane is absolutely chock full of spying devices? I mean sure Trump is too stupid to think of it as anything other than a tribute to his greatness but is there a single sane person there?

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      i dont think you need to bug trumps planes, he has a big mouth and will say anything for money.

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        I can’t remember did I actually read it or hallucinated it, but I remember something about trump “selling” (auctioned?) “dinner with Trump” events and most of the tickets are bought out by “foreign influence”. He is clearly selling “chance to influence trump over dinner” tickets knowingly.

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      I am kinda hoping that Grand Theft Aviation happens, with AOC and Bernie leading Free America from those two jets.

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    Wait… The plane is transparent? Wow! We should accept that sucker like now and figure out how they did it! LOL.

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    So trump now owes Qatar a 400 billion dollar favor, it’s that simple

    (For those not getting it, it’s a jab at doge mixing up million and billion)

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      He absolutely DOES owe them 400 billion now.

      To quote Kurt Hansen from Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. “To make billions, you first need to grease the palms of others with millions”.

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    Traitors to the Constitution & rule of law applied universally should get only gifts of a short rope and a long drop

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    People just aren’t considering the arguments in favor of accepting it, such as how cool it would be to receive what might be the biggest bribe in the history of bribery.

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    Besides the obvious corruption, it’s a national security issue. I’m not an aircraft designer, but I’m pretty sure there’s quite a bit of electronics aboard that craft. Pretty easy to slip in a few listening devices.

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        The more you think about it, the stupider the idea is.

        Besides the obvious security problems, Air Force 1 is to a regular plane what a Formula One racer is to a regular car. Someone else pointed out things like counter-surveillance measures, refueling, etc etc.

        It would be twice as expensive to retrofit it.

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          Air Force 1 is to a regular plane what a Formula One racer is to a regular car

          Achshually. Air Force 1 is used to refer to any Air Force aircraft the president travels on. That’s why it’s taken off more times than it’s landed.

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            And those planes aren’t normal off the lot planes, they’re especially not normal off the lot planes “gifted” by the Saudi’s so what’s your point, just felt being pedantic would get you some attention?

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      To be fair, the trump crew don’t observe any real security anyway, so all of the more competent competent competitors likely already know our secrets.

      I mean, assuming that trump doesn’t just tweet them out, he’d absolutely sell our secrets for some graft.

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        Or members of his cabinet just accidentally add foreign agents to classified chats…

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      Not to mention the refit to include all the secure communication equipment Air Force One has. Also ECM, active countermeasures, NBC equipment, refuelling, etc.

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        Air force one is not a plane it’s just the cal sign of any air force plane the president is on. Executive one is any commercial plane the president is on.

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        Realistically, it would probably cost more to retrofit a plane than to just build it from scratch.

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          Because that’s the station The Apprentice was on. /s

          Incase people don’t know NBC stands for Nuclear, Biological, Chemical.

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      I’m sure Qatar sees him saying “yeah, then it’ll be mine” and are thinking ‘nooo, we wanted all the presidents to use it…’

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        Then you’re not up to speed…

        January 2029 it transfers to the “trump presidential library” so he can keep using it.

        It’s not even to “the office” it’s a personal gift to trump.

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            It’s the same country that was/is bribing Eric Adams…

            They have so much oil money (exported 24 billion worth in 2022) that they just throw money at anyone that will take it.

            400 million just isn’t that much money to them where they need to have an immediate payout.

            They’re in the top 10 wealthiest royal families, and that’s just what legal money is on the books

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      This can be applied to everything he does, it’s the begin end the end of all the issues with that man. His ego. And it’s just going worse every day.

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        But millions of stupid people in America think it’s him showing strength…

        This is why the rest of the world holds America in contempt.

        Because it deserves it.

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          Yep.

          To me sounds like the reason why people always fall for egomaniacs. They think they’re strong and straightforward, while that’s exactly their main issue, they’re all except steady and strong.

          An egomaniac will always answer fast, no esitation, no matter if the answer is stupid or not. People loves that kind of shit.

          Good politicians are often the opposite. Boring and slow. Takes time to think about all consenuences, all the parts amd make a deal worth for the most.