The prospect of the gifted plane has drawn security and ethical concerns from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as well as ethics groups.
  • Dragomus@lemmy.world
    6·
    10 hours ago

    It’s so strange, Trump goes there as President Of The United States … and returns only with personal gifts, planes & contracts to build Trump golf centers over there and whatever else …
    But is empty handed when needing to show what his trip achieved specifically for the USA…

    • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      221·
      17 hours ago

      If only there were a low too low for conservatives. Had Biden done something like this they would have had him hung by tomorrow afternoon. But since they’re the ones who would be being held accountable, crickets.

    • Ghyste@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      13 hours ago

      Air Force One is actually any plane carrying the President. If the president is not on board, the plane goes by a different call sign.

      As far as the 747s used, there are indeed at least two, with a third available if needed.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      71·
      14 hours ago

      A third 747 with none of the extra fancy protective stuff that the other two have.

      I’m low-key hoping this is an incidence of military malicious compliance - “you want the plane, you get the plane”, but they’re not gonna install any of the protective crap on it unless he specifically asks about it.

      Which is a long way of saying “I hope it gets shot down with him on it”