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Qatar will give Trump a ~$400 million super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to use as his new Air Force One.
(www.thedailybeast.com)
this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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The tail number of the one being gifted to him is P4-HBJ, the initials of the former prime minister and incredibly wealthy royal Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.
I fully expect him to change it to DJT or something.
Edit: Also, pretty sick if he flies around in this thing because the actual VC-25’s that are currently used as Air Force 1 and 2 are full of countermeasures and emp shielding. This one is a sitting duck as I presume it’s a bone stock luxury 747
Dems will instantly circle the wagons when Iran eventually blows it out of the sky and we'll get clips of AOC crying at his funeral.
Dem consultant: "How about 'Now is the time for unity as President Vance leads us to the war we must undertake to uphold what America stands for. We stand for freedom.' "
A bit later
Dem congresspeople: "Now is the time for unity as President Vance leads us to the war we must undertake to uphold what America stands for. We stand for freedom."
A bit later after that.
Redditors: "Look, we need unity. President Vance isn't perfect but Iran attacked us so we're going to war with them. We stand for freedom. They don't. They're terrorists. So fuck them."