Trump Administration Formally Accepts $400M Plane Gift From Qatar
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The Pentagon says it has officially accepted the controversial luxury jumbo jet gifted to President Donald Trump from the Qatari royal family. Trump has already ordered the Air Force to upgrade it pronto so that it can be used as his new Air Force One, which could cost more than $1 billion. The 747 jetliner sparked party-wide debate from members of Congress, who worry that the gift violated the Constitution and could be bugged. The shiny new aircraft has two bedrooms, nine bathrooms, five galleys, a private office, and at least three lounges. But Congress is nervous that Trump will pressure the Air Force to finalize his gift so rapidly that sufficient security members are not built into the plane, like missile defense systems. Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois said: “If President Trump insists on converting this plane to a hardened Air Force One before 2029, I worry about the pressures you may be under to cut corners on operational security.” Trump wants it completed as soon as the end of the year.
Abraham Lincoln has something to say about this -
Beware of Qataris bearing gifts..
The list of AF1 and AF2 capabilities is classified, the older AF3 and AF4 and AF5 are just as capable in their back up roles.
These planes have defensive capabilities built into them that simply cannot be retrofitted to a 13 year old plane that literally has nothing in common with the VC25A body style and airframes.
Instead of wasting taxpayer $$ on this boondoggle, we should be replacing the electric grid with solar generation in Puerto Rico as passed by Congress.
OOOOOPs, guess who just canceled that IRA project and redirected the $365 million?
Instead of funding individual and grid co-op solar power sharing, the money will be redirected to support the oil burning generators and failed power grid infrastructure in PR because of trump.
Another win for dirty power and in PR's case, an unreliable grid owned by LUMA and PREPA after years of mismanaged and state underfunding (US CONGRESS).
Can you imagine if Biden had accepted such a gift? Holy shit...The reich wing would be investigating for the next 500 years.
I read some where that that plane is really only worth $250M and the royal family has been trying to off load it for years because it's prohibitively expensive to maintain and fly.
It's also possible they've upgraded and this is a hand-me-down.
So it's not a "gift" to an individual politician as the left would have everybody believe but a gift to the UNITED STATES. Not that it wil stop the misinformation and conspiracy theories.