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[KS55]

“This isn’t really a gift,” Connecticut Representative Joe Courtney, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, told Politico. He warned that the jumbo jet would have to be completely rebuilt by the Department of Defense.

“You’d basically have to tear the plane down to the studs and rebuild it to meet all the survivability, security and communications requirements of Air Force One. It’s a massive undertaking—and an unfunded one at that.”

The plane would need to be outfitted with self-defense technology and electromagnetic shielding.

Former Air Force acquisitions chief Andrew Hunter told Politico that this massive, unfunded undertaking could end up costing a pretty penny. “The cost of a retrofit like this would likely be on the order of a heavy maintenance cycle for a VC-25A, which is in the tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars,” he said.

Hunter noted that there would also need to be a complete security sweep of the plane’s software that could end up costing tens of millions. “That’s not a trivial thing to do,” he said.

Here’s How Much Trump’s “Free” Qatar Private Jet Will Cost Americans

The luxury jet Qatar gifted Donald Trump does have a price, after all.

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Of course it's a scam. The more articles I read, the worse it gets.

Trump should ask for the source code for the plane’s software. Qataris hand it over without a murmur???

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Yes. All administrations need their quota of idiots.

When the quotas are around 70% unqualified idiot, 25% sycophant, and 5% psychotic ultra-right Christian Nationalist you know a country is in trouble.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Trump's little lapdog.....

Not to be underestimated. He's a sly one.

 

[mosssideblue]

Trump's little lapdog.....

Ukraine!

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Trump should ask for the source code for the plane’s software. Qataris hand it over without a murmur???

The source code will be Boeing proprietary software. I'd be worried about any additional software though.

 

[Vic]

he started rambling on about Ukraine and Russia and nearly strayed in the Gaza and Israel events - its shite that just tumbles out of his mouth unchecked

He did stray... off script too. The bit I heard it sounded like a personal good cop / bad cop Mutt and Jeff routine.

 

[noseve]

is this the final blow for his cult to ditch him

There is simply nothing that he could do to turn them off him.

Even if he declared himself a Democrat, they'd somehow justify supporting him.

Never known a cult like it

 

[aminegriffy1]

The Dems were warned about their shitty foreign policies, but instead of listening they went on vote for me because I'm the lesser evil. Now Trump is making big power moves in the Middle East, and is lifting the sanctions on Syria. Trump is gonna increase his Arab American support by a lot as result.

 

[noseve]

Let’s hope it has none of those systems in place.

And that it's one big fucking magnet for any missile within 100 miles...

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

If Trump recognizes Palestine then he's making massive gains in states with big Arab population, and even some of the college pro-Palestine voters/Gen Z in general. The real question is, is this his dying hill or is this the final blow for his cult to ditch him ? because the boomer/baby boomer MAGA base are insanely pro Israel and they'll be extremely angry.

1. No one cares. He's not running again. Compared to the price of gas, immigration, etc. what happens in a peaceless-forever part of the world is totally irrelevant to the vast, vast majority of voters here.

2. Gen Z males voted for him anyhow. This doesn't change anything.

3. His cult will never ditch him under any circumstances -- about 10,000 posts here and his entire political history have made this clear.

4. The majority of MAGA couldn't find Israel on a map and couldn't tell you the difference between Israel and Palestine with a gun to their heads. They aren't pro-Israel. They are pro-what-Trump-says/does.

5. The group you refer to are only "extremely angry" about Democrats, and only ever will be. All the farmers, small business owners et al whose videos we see about how "maybe voting for Trump was a mistake" would vote for him again anyhow even if he was caught raping their golden retrievers.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Cannot admit I made a mistake no matter how much it harms me mode engaged - we see this across so many levels across the world

 

[TinFoilHat]

Whilst his party cut medicare and funding to health agencies. Mango Shitgibbon is being afforded life saving Cardiac drugs and injecting himself with a rich mans version of Ozempic.

****.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Cannot admit I made a mistake no matter how much it harms me mode engaged - we see this across so many levels across the world

Yes. Dax is an excellent example of that. At least this woman has the maracas to discuss it as opposed to those who run away and hide like chickenshit pants-wetting cowards.

 

[JASR]

Cannot admit I made a mistake no matter how much it harms me mode engaged - we see this across so many levels across the world

Only when they are screwed by him… might they finally understand he was never for them, just himself.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Only when they are screwed by him… might they finally understand he was never for them, just himself.

They won't. They'd vote for him again. If they haven't figured it out by now, they never will. Ever.

 

[JASR]

They won't. They'd vote for him again. If they haven't figured it out by now, they never will. Ever.

I agree ‘might’ in my post is doing a lot of heavy lifting!

 

[bluethrunthru]

zero respect for your hosts

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

I now understand the word ‘Grifter’. Always loved the name, my brother’s BMX, but the reality is that those yellow wheels were always the show, hiding away the reality of a shit body.

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]