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The estimated value of the aircraft is about $400 million.

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 59 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Qatar's external intelligence agency would have to be idiots not to load that baby up with listening devices

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 36 points 3 days ago

And I assume Trump might not allow anybody to sweep for bugs because President Brain Genius knows it's "clean".

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They have the chance to do the funniest thing ever

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Put JD in there first and wait for it to blow up.

[–] ComRed2@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He'll just fuck the seating.

[–] muirc@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago

More cushion for the pushin. jaby-vance

[–] miz@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

"emergency exit row? I'll pass, but is there an emergency entrance row?"

[–] TommyBeans@hexbear.net 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

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

[–] TommyBeans@hexbear.net 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Super funny story too:

~2020 Boeing outsourced the interior finishing work of Air Force one to a financially insolvent shell company 80% owned by the Saudi Arabian Government, GDC. GDC basically just took the money and did none of the work, lmao. Boeing got an extra $500 million of government funds out of it too when what they lost on that deal is an estimated $320 million. The whole program for delivering just two planes is ~2 billion over budget.

Allegedly the Saudi government diverted those payments for the Air Force One work to finishing their own 787-8 aircraft before dissolving GDC and abandoning the AF1 commitments, critical support for that maneuver

[–] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago

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."

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

This one is a sitting duck as I presume it’s a bone stock luxury 747.

Air Force One Down

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[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Emoluments clause? Shmoluments clause.

Sources told ABC that the jet will be transferred to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation just before he leaves office.

Sure.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Not to be an apologist for the dems, but it is genuinely funny that they made Carter give up his peanut farm and Trump is just straight pumping his crypto holdings and taking bribes from foreign countries, fifa and investment firms and nobody with any enforcement capacity gives a fuck

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The people with enforcement capacity all either work for the president or they work for the courts and therefore rely on the president's people to carry out any court orders. It's wild that it took this long for the cracks in our system to show, really.

[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 days ago

Eh, supposedly, FDR practically ruled like a God-king of America back in those days. They certainly added the 22nd amendment to stop "populism" and curb working class power, but he did genuinely have an insane level of control over the government that as far as I am aware, even Trump doesn't have. One of the users here commented how Trump is actually a lot of FDR (but right-liberal instead of left-liberal).

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

They don't give a fuck because it would force them to be accountable. Either also find themselves guilty, or stop taking bribes. Same reason why their "impeachment" threater with Trump is lame AF. They could have really gotten him on selling arms to the terrorist funding Saudis, but the Dems are guity of it too.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago

A Bluesky comment

It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar!

https://subium.com/profile/nycsouthpaw.bsky.social/post/3lovz55fy3c22

[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They're going to have to take that whole plane apart in order to sweep it for any hidden surprises.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Let's hope they just don't bother

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago

The gilded pager was a less insulting threat

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m assuming that this is a bribe?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

Yeah, you could say that.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

Wait but according to chud media, Qatar are Khamaaaaas?

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Arent these things built in the US? Bro cant commission his own?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

There are some comments in this thread talking about that. Long story short: Boeing is taking an insanely long time plus Trump isn't exactly a patient man