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Trump’s free plane is not so free (www.politico.com)

submitted 2 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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The Qatari Defense Ministry is talking to the White House about transferring the luxury-configured Boeing jet to the Pentagon, which would oversee its retrofitting into a makeshift Air Force One. But a private contractor would have to rip it apart to turn the jet into a flying White House for the president with secure communications and classified upgrades, according to former Air Force officials and lawmakers, an expensive and complicated prospect that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

“This isn’t really a gift,” said Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, which oversees executive airlift. “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.”

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The fact that it would be incredibly expensive to retrofit means that it will never be retrofit and he will leave office with the jet exactly as it is.

I don't agree, we the tax payers will pay to have it retrofitted because he can't be prosecuted for any of that anyway. SCOTUS gave him a free pass for anything he does.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

He doesn't want it retrofit. Air Force One is a flying command bunker which would be stripped of capabilities before it is donated to his library. As it is, it is a half a billion dollar luxury jet with all of the amenities that infinite money can buy.

It'll sit in storage with Trump stalling the retrofit (by, for example, saying the existing retrofits have to be done first) until he leaves office and then it'll be donated, as is, to his library.

This is a naked bribe done in full view of the public. The retrofitting story is a lie, a cover story to give the bribe the veneer of 'an official act' which, thanks to SCOTUS, gives him immunity for any criminal prosecution.