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For all the concern particularly regarding the plane's coms and possible security risks, I have been told a system of Starlink, Signal and Truth Social will ensure Trump remains in direct links with all his cabinet members.

So this is apparently a 747-8 - so it'll be modified to VC-25B configuration? I wonder why this is many quicker than modifying whatever 747-8 has been designated for this role?

flown-the-coop said:

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For all the concern particularly regarding the plane's coms and possible security risks, I have been told a system of Starlink, Signal and Truth Social will ensure Trump remains in direct links with all his cabinet members.

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Jonathan Karl, why post here after your initial false reporting

MelvinUdall said:

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Hullabaloonatic said:

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I mean none of them batted an eye at $TRUMP coin. T
It's literally an untraceable direct deposit account to Trump. Any other president would be impeached for that alone but to MAGA it's just "good business."

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Democrats crying about funneling of funds to a politician, is laughable.

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Oh so you are good with it then? As Trump voter I expect better of him.

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MelvinUdall said:

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Hullabaloonatic said:

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I mean none of them batted an eye at $TRUMP coin. T
It's literally an untraceable direct deposit account to Trump. Any other president would be impeached for that alone but to MAGA it's just "good business."

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Democrats crying about funneling of funds to a politician, is laughable.

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Oh so you are good with it then? As Trump voter I expect better of him.

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I never said one thing or the other, my comment was to someone that sat on their hands and said nothing during the Biden administration and is now up in arms about this.

Malibu said:

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/11/qatar-calls-jet-gift-trump-inaccurate-00341084

On the record quote:

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But Ali Al-Ansari, Qatar's Media Attach to the U.S., told POLITICO the reports are "inaccurate."

"The possible transfer of an aircraft for temporary use as Air Force One is currently under consideration between Qatar's Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense, but the matter remains under review by the respective legal departments, and no decision has been made," he said.

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Conversations between Qatar and the US over an AF1 plane are in fact happening. That alone is ill advised.

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Keep swinging your arms, you are bound to hit something.

Could not care less about rich people doing rich people things.

Can't help what wonder what the reaction on this board would be if obiden did this, lol.

Maroon Dawn said:

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"Sources say"

Let me know when this latest tantrum has any actual substance. If all he does is park it at his library then who cares

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You think Trump plays to mothball a half billion dollar palace of a 747? That's nuts.

Logos Stick said:

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I don't see an issue with it. Unless there is some obvious quid pro quo this is a nothing burger.

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Lol and if the quid pro quo is not obvious?

fc2112 said:

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So this is apparently a 747-8 - so it'll be modified to VC-25B configuration? I wonder why this is many quicker than modifying whatever 747-8 has been designated for this role?

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It's not but it guarantees trump gets an AIr Force 1 for his presidential center on

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Don't heads of state give each other things all of the time?

But, yes, even with that...this is really bad optics.

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Yeah, but they remain government property for the most part. They can be transferred to a presidential library, but what's a presidential library going to do with a plane?

The A&M library has a locomotive.

Yawn. Obviously a bribe that Democrats will scream about, Republicans will wash or explain away and Trump will keep it wheh he's done and gone.

Nothing will be done about it.

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BigRobSA said:

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Don't heads of state give each other things all of the time?

But, yes, even with that...this is really bad optics.

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Yeah, but they remain government property for the most part. They can be transferred to a presidential library, but what's a presidential library going to do with a plane?

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Ideally, the library will donate it for use in the JD Vance 2032 re-election campaign. It could even still be serviceable when Barron enters politics.

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Didn't some SA country give W cocaine as a gift?

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Yeah but that's based.

freebased

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Coukd not care less about rich people doing rich people things.

Can't help what wonder what the reaction on this board would be if obiden did this, lol.

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This is more my reaction. We really should be looking more at the rich people who rule our lives from their golden-ivory towers. We're in a class struggle and we're crying politics while the political elite from both sides of the aisle do nothing to better our daily lives.

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Logos Stick said:

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I don't see an issue with it. Unless there is some obvious quid pro quo this is a nothing burger.

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Lol and if the quid pro quo is not obvious?

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Iirc it was the Qataris that bailed out 666 Park Avenue without that foreign bailout that no domestic bank would refinance Kushner holdings would have a taken a possibly lethal hit to their balance sheet

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flown-the-coop said:

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For all the concern particularly regarding the plane's coms and possible security risks, I have been told a system of Starlink, Signal and Truth Social will ensure Trump remains in direct links with all his cabinet members.

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Jonathan Karl, why post here after your initial false reporting

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Benjamin Netanyahu asked me to pass along the information on Signal.

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The manufactured outrage is quite amusing on this thread; HOWEVER, the jet from Qatar is NOT a gift to Trump, but instead is a gift to "the American public"- at least for now.

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as a member of the american public, i can't wait until my share of the plane arrives in the mail!

Looking at some of the folks chiming in and this must have been the lead story on ActBlue today.

Even though within hours the OP has been shown to be at best misleading if not abjectly false.

The United States is looking at a stopgap fix for POTUS transportation, a cost effective one at that, and one Trump nor any of his businesses nor orgs can benefit from, and the clamoring is how this is some sort of bribe that will compromise Trump.

Appreciate the humor on this one, particularly those who refuse to look at the facts and circumstances and applicable law here but still cannot get past Orange Man Bad.

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Ag in Tiger Country said:

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The manufactured outrage is quite amusing on this thread; HOWEVER, the jet from Qatar is NOT a gift to Trump, but instead is a gift to "the American public"- at least for now.

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as a member of the american public, i can't wait until my share of the plane arrives in the mail!

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You can buy a replica and the proceeds will help fund Trump 2028.

MAGA appreciates your support.

BTW, I don't recall Joe sharing a part of the beach houses MBNA gave him while he was in office.

Didn't share a piece of hunters diamond. Didn't share any White House cocaine.

And you have to wonder how Obama, a community organizer, leaves office and immediately leases a $10+ million house on MV, buys a multimillion dollar place in posh DC hood (adjacent to a mosque), then buys a $15+ million plus house in MV.

But yea, Trump solving problems at a discount is what we should worry about.

Too funny.

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when in doubt, whatabout

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Yep, my only post on the thread was what about. No other information, no facts, and such.

When you have no legit argument, accuse others falsely of whataboutism.

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Looking at some of the folks chiming in and this must have been the lead story on ActBlue today.

Even though within hours the OP has been shown to be at best misleading if not abjectly false.

The United States is looking at a stopgap fix for POTUS transportation, a cost effective one at that, and one Trump nor any of his businesses nor orgs can benefit from, and the clamoring is how this is some sort of bribe that will compromise Trump.

Appreciate the humor on this one, particularly those who refuse to look at the facts and circumstances and applicable law here but still cannot get past Orange Man Bad.

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Stopgap? There's no operational reason to retire the current fleet. And since when to president start to take 747s with them when they leave office?

blacksox said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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Looking at some of the folks chiming in and this must have been the lead story on ActBlue today.

Even though within hours the OP has been shown to be at best misleading if not abjectly false.

The United States is looking at a stopgap fix for POTUS transportation, a cost effective one at that, and one Trump nor any of his businesses nor orgs can benefit from, and the clamoring is how this is some sort of bribe that will compromise Trump.

Appreciate the humor on this one, particularly those who refuse to look at the facts and circumstances and applicable law here but still cannot get past Orange Man Bad.

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Stopgap? There's no operational reason to retire the current fleet. And since when to president start to take 747s with them when they leave office?

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MAYBE, it is indeed a politically-motivated 'gift' from Qatar as a sign of their appreciation for Trump's recent actions in opposition to Israel's demands (Benjamin Netanyahu apparently pissed off Trump BIG TIME!!), which thus far have led to a truce with the Houthis, opening dialogue with Iran to avoid another Middle East war, engaging the Saudis on a oil & gas deal that omits Israel from the discussion since doing so helps to smooth the fiery relationship that Biden created with the Saudi Royal Family, AND Trump's public statement where he indicated support for a Palestinian state?

To every Leftist, Democrat, &/or CM: Are these positions by Trump EXACTLY what y'all have been crying about & demanding, so much so that y'all excused blatant antisemitism & accused Israel of genocide?!?!

If all it took for Trump to implement your concerns was a pimped out jet from Qatar that was gifted to US CITIZENS (& NOT Trump personally), what the hell are y'all griping about now?!?! It seems your TDS overshadows any logic or reason.

Hullabaloonatic said:

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You just wanted to "what about" rather than acknowledge another act of public corruption by your cult leader.

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Negative…again, I made no comment on this subject supporting or criticizing this, I simply made a comment about posters that were silent and now are screaming from the mountain top, that is all…don't be hypocritical when it doesn't support your side…

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Gig em G said:

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You do realize that a significant portion of Americans exist that don't consider themselves Democrats, didn't drink Trump's koolaid, and don't tolerate corruption…from either major party? I thought we were "draining swamps" here?

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Getting a free airplane would seem to be in line with draining the swamp.

Buying the airplane for 3x value from a company owned by POTUS family members would be swampy.

There are not a significant portion of Americans that hate Trump but don't consider themselves MAGA. Believe that call them concerned moderates and they are a dying breed.

If you cannot get behind Trump fully at this point, then you hate America (in my opinion).

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You'll see how much they're dying out in the midterms. Looking to be a blood bath for MAGA.

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lol Bet. You're gonna be crying like a little B after midterms

You should wake up and look around. Not a single damn person is complaining about Trump.

Keep wishing though. Guess it's healthy to have hope haha

flown-the-coop said:

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Looking at some of the folks chiming in and this must have been the lead story on ActBlue today.

Even though within hours the OP has been shown to be at best misleading if not abjectly false.

The United States is looking at a stopgap fix for POTUS transportation, a cost effective one at that, and one Trump nor any of his businesses nor orgs can benefit from, and the clamoring is how this is some sort of bribe that will compromise Trump.

Appreciate the humor on this one, particularly those who refuse to look at the facts and circumstances and applicable law here but still cannot get past Orange Man Bad.

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This. Didn't know there so many morons out there.

Most people in this thread should have a TDS tramp stamp above their ass

It's been answered above regarding the issues with the current planes.