Plane offer set off a firestorm of bipartisan criticism of Trump and raised questions about Qatar’s motives
The Trump administration has reportedly accepted the controversial gift of a Boeing 747 jetliner from the government of Qatar, and directed the air force to assess how quickly the plane can be upgraded for possible use as a new Air Force One.
A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed the gift to the New York Times, with the aircraft being valued at around $200m.
The offer of the jet has set off a firestorm of bipartisan criticism of Trump, particularly following Trump’s visit to the country last week to arrange US business deals.
I predict he’s going to try to keep the plane after he leaves office. And he’s going to have a melt down about it. And then he’ll probably be able to keep it anyways, because why not.
He already said it
The guys so predictable
They remembered to install the GPS, spy devices and “big boom” signal receiver, right? They only get one chance…
The crazy thing is it will probably be firmware or software traps that they add and no one will even notice them
Hopefully a remote control too
Just fly him to a remote island and leave him there. Maybe the one with the penguins who pay tariffs.
Win for Qatar. Another needless loss/ expense incurred by the felon in chief.
It’s a bribe.
To make sure the plane is up to spec to being the Air Force One they would basically have to take the plane apart and rebuild it with the required specifications which takes a long time.
My bet is Trump is gonna make them do it faster and skip installation of some features. Hopefully they don’t plan to fly it close to any zone that has an active conflict. Otherwise someone may take a chance and try shooting it down, and they may succeed because the plane hasn’t had ECM or chaff or some other countermeasures installed.
That’s one of the dumbest things, it’s easier to build an Air Force One from scratch than to retrofit. At a dead minimum your paying extra to take it apart.
Think of it like The Beast https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)
That’s not an updated Cadillac, it’s a tank with a Cadillac wrap.
Another one of the dumbest things - we already paid Boeing to build a new Air Force One from scratch a few years ago, so this Qatari bribe is a totally redundant waste of money
Better get DOGE on it! /s
Hope it never leaves the ground.
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