Whats your opinion on Trump accepting a luxery air plane from 🇶🇦 Qatar?

[Kelly6]

[Crimsyjo]

Haha seriously... would you turn down a luxury air plane? Hell no.

[goaded]

I'm not POTUS, who's supposed to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

Besides, I couldn't afford to park it, let alone run it.

[Crimsyjo]

@goaded he maybe POTUS but from all accounts he doesn't follow conventional rules and as a man and a business man and a wealthy one at that... maybe he's just saying fuck it and gonna live his life to the best it's ever gonna get before it all comes crashing down. He's old. What has he got to lose? If he takes U. S down with him... well... he keeps getting voted in!

[goaded]

Two out of three, and with less than 50% of the vote the second time.

[goaded]

You don't care that he doesn't care about his oath of office or the damage he's doing to the country?

[Crimsyjo]

@goaded I don't like politics. Plus I'm British. I have no power or say to change, effect or alter anything. I've heard good and bad sides about him. My British FB aged 20 thinks he's actually really good because he's upfront, direct and says things how he sees it. I can admire those qualities too. Even if that doesn't make him right all the time or a particularly nice man if the rumours I hear about his sexism is true.

[Crimsyjo]

My personal opion on all politics is that all of them are corrupt and there is a plan or pathway laid out (with main priority to protecting their own wealth and wealth of their biggest supporters) and no matter who is in charge what will be will be and us little fish are gonna just suffer the consequences. Best to try live as best we can, vote to try have sone minimal influence and find joy in life outside of money and other people's power over you.

[Kelly6]

@Crimsyjo
Don't see it as bribe and breach in national security?

[ilistengood]

Yes of course not, but you can walk over to Boeing about 6blocks from me, walk in to the business jet division write out your check for 588 million ,+ temperament sales tax. And purchase a brand new 747 8 with every self indulgent luxury they can make fit. So my question for this morning , honorable children friends is this , why are the. new airforce ones ( and yes , i know that's an identifier so air traffic controll and air traffic is aware the president's on board,) why are the 2 new, excuse me the 2 refurbished , read that USED , coating about 2 billion apiece, now I realise that today there are no Brand new 747s , but 2billion and im guessing its. ore then that but somehow someone slipped those good folks down the street a fast one , the purchase order apparently doesn't allow for the usual Boeing subsidies, yeah, I said it. No averages no delays to be charged. I don't remember what a new 747 -800 sold for but im guessing 200 or 300 million, a slightly used,( probably only on Sundays by Jackie cochran) sells for maybe 20 million?( and if im way off would somebody straighten me out. Now we're going to spend maybe a billion dollars to upgrade this gift from the royal family of quartar, of a loan of a 747 , not to be confused with being a gift, rather see. s like a good way to upgrade the family jet fir free., I have one more thing then I promise never to speak on this again.
If its only going to cost an additional billion to make this luxury jet presidential, why's the new oet costing more then a billoon

[ilistengood]

OK i lied rather then spending a billion dollars on automatic toilet flushes for an aircraft we don't own, why not find away to pay that extra billion to Boeing so they can finish the damn planes.

[Kelley1]

Presidential gifts are turned over to the USA.

[Kelly6]

@Kelley1 but its for him and will be given to his library after he leaves white house

[Kelley1]

Thank you for the MHO.

[WhiteSteve]

What’s particularly sketchy is that the plane, in an unprecedented move, is not remaining property of the American government, but ownership is rather being transferred to a fund for Trump’s not-yet-existent presidential library.

I heard he’s also got plans for a multi-billion dollar golf course and resort in Qatar, under the Trump name. The question is, what is Qatar getting in return. They wouldn’t give him a plane and a resort deal if he hadn’t been re-elected. Why now?

And more importantly, where are all the “Hunter and ‘The Big Guy’!” folks at? Awful quiet….

[ilistengood]

And what's wrong with the current airforce ones

[Amy10223]

I hope he gets sick on it enough to throw up or gets the runs for 20 days.

[Cuminginside]

@Amy10223 I'm sure you will with all your cats in the house

[Amy10223]

@Cuminginside I have one cat. I am not a "cat lady". You're taking lessons from Vance, aren't you?

[Cuminginside]

@Amy10223 I don't know who Vance is unless it's from the gtA game But I'm sure you're going to blame him or blame orange hair man rather than take a good look at yourself It's called deflection It's a self-defeating behavior.

[Salaciousrouge]

My opinion is that all those people criticizing and complaining about this 'gift' need to go do some damn research! You literally have a world of knowledge at your fingertips yet the furthest down the rabbit hole you can go is to read a headline? Jebus, people! It takes all of 10 minutes to find some facts which prove most of these responses are idiotic, at best! I deem most everyone under 30 to be more stupid than my parents or grandparents at the same age. All they had was newspapers, three TV channels, a local library, their parents, and water-cooler rumors from which to gain knowledge, all of which took effort and time to exact and asess. By far, they had a better grip on truth than do most of you who can get 10x their data in 1/10th the time. Yet you spend so much time swiping left on (only) the big fonts that it has made you more stupid.

The FACTS are, the Qatar govt and the US govt are working out the details for this gift which, IN FACT will go to the US Govt to be used by POTUS. It is NOT a gift directly to Trump. Unlike (as I have discovered in the 10 minutes preceding this rant) the golden mechanical tweety bird given to Clinton along with the rug with he and Hillary's face (yeesh!). Or saddles given to Reagan. How about the several millions worth of jewelry given to Obama and his wife or the golden golf clubs from Japan to Trump. The list goes back to G#1!!! The differnxe is, this plane is NOT a gift to Trump like all the previous mentioned items! Guess what! Almost all these gifts were transfered to the nat'l archives and all (most) currently reside in each of the respective Presidential libraries or other similar conduits. The same will quite possibly be the case with this plane, *should* the deal go through and once it is no longer in service!

Par for the (modern) historic course!

Stop being stupid.

[ilistengood]

Can't help it Trump leads by example

[goaded]

I think it will make Trump's behaviour obvious to all Americans, even his blindest supporters.

The worst corruption is going on behind the scenes with all his crypto scams allowing bribery, including from foreign countries and American businesses.

That's where he really ripped off his supporters.

"Y'all remember President Trump launching dollar sign Trump crypto three days before taking office as president... The price spiked to a trading value of nearly $13 billion, making it the 19th most valuable cryptocurrency on planet Earth. And then it proceeded to plummet, like, really, really dive.

"The project allegedly netted people associated with it, meaning the Trump organizations associated with the Trump crypto, some $350 million, 80% of the outstanding supply of that meme coin is still held by insiders, presumably members of the Trump Organization. Overall, according to data shared with CNBC, there were 2 million wallets that bought that Trump meme coin. 764,000 of them lost money. 58 wallets made more than $10 million bucks.

"And then in April, that Trump meme coin announced that the top 220 holders of the meme coin would be invited to an intimate private dinner with President Trump at his golf club. The top 25 were invited to a VIP White House tour. According to Bloomberg News, 19 of the top 25 holders of that Trump meme coin that have registered on the website's leaderboard have bought the coins using foreign exchanges that claim to exclude US customers, which means that foreigners are buying a lot of meme coin and then getting meetings with President Trump, like VIP White House tours and all the rest." Ben Shapiro.

[ohsheeT]

Did any body really think trump was going to make America great again.

Of course everyone does. Why because he's a showman he gets big head lines saying he's going to do this and that and it's worded as if it is really happening

But that's as far as it goes because there's always Another destruction And then another distraction

Trump is making America rich people great again look what he's doing for the little people. Any thing you buy now days is doubled. Food is running out fast. They are paying farmer. To stop farming cattle ranchers to stop breading someone will sell America one day or we will have to give it to China because we owe them so much money we are the ones who elect our Politicians and I don't care how great you think they are they suck.

Because that airplane is Trump had no place to hide it But you just think of all the other politicians. They all get gifts like that all the time why do you think they get them

[sage2021]

Yeah, make America great again - for who?

I'm so sick of everything Trump ever talks about is money!! He doesn't care about the tens of thousands of people who don't have livelihoods anymore and can't find a job!
It makes me sick seeing him with his new plane for whatever the reason is and 5 minutes later they are showing a program about how even the middle class can't afford food at the grocery store.
There are two definite America's we are living in. One for the past rich people and the rest of us.

[Kelly6]

@sage2021 sick of trump’s behavior?

[Red_Arrow]

Air Force One planes have military command and control features, an onboard medical facility, separate press meeting and communication facilities, and who knows how many other features. Refitting that plane would be as time consuming and possibly expensive as building a new one. Plus, it would take extensive digging into it to look for hidden spying equipment that with current technology could be almost impossible to find. So, those calling it a no-brainer to accept it are not using their brains!

[Amy10223]

It's not allowed for a president to obtain any present from a foreign country, and there are laws in the Constitution that explain all about this. Bill Menendez of NJ is sitting in jail today, along with his wife, because he accepted money from a foreign country. It should not be allowed, but then Trump does what he wants, legal or not; against the Constitution or not.

[Cormac995]

He's a whore for sale to the highest bidder.

[contentious]

I don't see any issue with it. It was donated to the Defense Department for use during Trumps Presidency and will likely be transferred to the National Archives for Trump's Presidential Library afterwards. All Presidential libraries are funded by private donations. Obama's presidential library for example takes hundreds of millions of dollars in donations every single year.

[contentious]

Democrats don't seem to complain about the Statue of Liberty that France gave to America as a gift. It's been sitting in New York for all these years and never once have I seen a Democrat scream corruption over it.

[NaultD]

Just for security reasons who in the right mind would accept this? From anybody?

You'd want the blue prints and capabilities top secret. To even strip it down and figure out everything and build it back up again like don intends to do it's cheaper to build from the ground up on your own terms and security detail.

[spartan55]

No one even blinks anymore... dude is a con artist.

[DrPepper12]

My initial reaction is blatantly UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND INSECURE

I'm more concerned about it being insecure. It already looks like a tacky flying bordello that appeals to Trump's "aesthetic" & decorating "style". Cheap, tawdry, gilded phoniness.

[msc545]

This is illegal as hell (emoluments clause), and also a major security risk.

[OneViewpoint]

Hey, America is for sale and the store is open 24X7. Was there ever any other end to extremist Capitalism?

[Sal_Monella]

Trump could not get delivery from DEI-infected Boeing. I suspect suspect there will be a legislative review of the transition. It will fly. Guessing he could make a deal with Atlas Air to buy the last delivered Boeing 747-8F in exchange for equipment and money. Atlas was once Flying Tigers Air that carried troops to The Nam.

[Stevepro68]

It's a nice distraction from all the real damage being done in Washington right now. Keeps us... the drones fighting with each other. While the power elite continue to steal this country from it's people.

[XXblack88]

Honestly I'm not sure 🤔 If it's a gift for him then why not wait until he's no longer living in the white house?

[AviatorTom]

Existing Air Force One planes are near the end of their useful lives and Boeing won't have their replacement ready for at least another 2 years. Getting an interim solution from Qatar sounds like a no-brainer.

[msc545]

He can fly commerciasl or charter or military. He is NOT a King!

[AviatorTom]

@msc545 Air Force One IS a military plane.

[msc545]

It is an unarmed Boeing 747-200B, so I am unsure what you think makes it military - but you may be right. If what you say is true, then give him another military plane to use.

[AviatorTom]

@msc545 As I understand it, it's going to be "fixed up" to serve as Air Force One.

[msc545]

He does not need a plane as a "gift" as it is illegal, and also just looks really bad. A US military plane can be "fixed up" too.

[goaded]

It is a no-brainer, because you'd have to have no brain to think that a gift from a foreign government could possibly be safely used as the critical command and control centre for the whole country, unlike a purpose built plane developed by people with high security clearances.

[OneViewpoint]

@msc545 ,

No offensive armaments. But packed full of defensive countermeasures both electronic and physical as well as advanced communications gear that has all been nuclear hardened against EMP from nukes. Not your average United Airlines 747.

[msc545]

@OneViewpoint good points that had not occurred to me nor apparently anyone else on here - so thank you for this. However, it begs the questions: will Qatar be able to receive and install this stuff? Even if hey are able, I think at least some of it might be secret, and if so, then what? Is Quatar even able to receive and handle it?

[OneViewpoint]

@msc545 ,

No! In a sane world NO foreign government would be handed that equipment for even 5 minutes. It wouldn’t even be disclosed that some of exists.

But now we are dealing with America for sale and the Coward In Chief. So all bets are off. It would be the greatest intelligence coup in US history.

But on the upside the Qataris wouldn’t know what to do with it. It would have to be retrofitted by Boeing after the bribe is delivered.

[Pterodon]

@msc545 no he can’t. The planes have to have all kinds of secret technology. It has to be a flying white house

[Lynx122]

Corruption is only bad if it's the president that you don't like. That's apparently the most widespread mindset in the U. S.
:D

[Kelly6]

So corruption is only good if it's done by a president you like? 😆

[Lynx122]

Some people think like that. They'll defend and make excuses if they like the president and if they don't they say he's ruining the country and he should be in prison. It just seems like a mess.

[goaded]

Except there's never been a president as corrupt as Trump. Not even close.

[Dargil]

He will need legislative approval and will get it. We should pay Qatar the Kelley Blue Book used plane price. DEI infected Boeing could not fill his order. Elon Musk should buy Boeing and fix it like Twitter.

[Dongie]

Why shouldn't he? It's not a gift to him but to America. Some just want to find anything to hang the man for. The accusations are very stupid and made from ignorance and hate.

[Kelly6]

Its gift to him

[Dongie]

No, it's not. I saw him say so today.

[Kelly6]

Once he's done at white house, the plane will be given to him.

So its a gift to him not to white house

[FunkyMonkee]

His name is, Trump! We HAVE to impeach him!!

[FunkyMonkee]

Sooooo, where was your outrage when Biden and his kid accepted millions/billions in bribes over the past 4 years or so? NOOOOBODY gives a fuck about that, hunh?

[Dongie]

And that WAS for benefits. But she'll not answer to that FM.

[Danny_dan92]

I’ve never been a fan of bribes. That’s what this is. However, all I care about is peace around the entire world

[BadApple69]

He accepted it for our country…. It’s not for him personally.
Remember the Statue of Liberty was a gift also.

[Anonymous]

I know what Republicans would be saying if Biden took it lol

[Kelly6]

I'm not asking about him.

[Anonymous]

It may be dangerous. What if they hid things inside the plane like tracking devices or recordings.

[Iron_Man]

I thought about that, but it will be checked out from head to toe

[goaded]

@Iron_Man That's quite literally impossible. States are quite capable of hiding entire computers inside innocuous looking chips and using them to spy. You'd have to strip it down to nothing, including removing the flight computers and controls.

[Iron_Man]

I doubt they would be hiding things in that plane and we wouldn’t know about it

[FunkyMonkee]

I don't have a problem with it and, from what I've heard, it's just a temporary loan until Boeing finishes building the new Air Force One that they've been working of for some time, now!

[supercutebutt]

Donald Trump is evil and he will spend eternity in Hell.

[Anonymous]

Funny how the conservatives were the party of "don't disrespect the constitution". How that pendulum has swung the other way when it applies to their wants.

[Shiprex]

Further corruption and evidence the Maga cult will overlook as he says it's not something that you can turn down (he can and should)

[Filthy_Immigrant]

a lot better than accepting one from George Bush

[Darklydarkened]

The guy's notoriously corrupt and shameless. Good for him

[NicholasRedone]

@Kelly6 it's as awesome as your avatar 🥛🥛 😋 Qatar and Qatari are noble folk

[Twalli]

Since he's not accepting it as POTUS, it's illegal. It would be legal if he was accepting it as president, but since it isn't presidential property, it is his property, it's illegal.

[ilistengood]

I didn't realize government employees were allowed to accept gifts,

[exitseven]

Lets stick to the facts. He was offered a free plane but he has not accepted it.

[andreasderjuengere]

The Greeks once gave a present to the town of Troy. Just saying :D

[DJB72]

If it's for the country not him personally and it's not a security issue then why not?

[goaded]

Because it's not for the country, and it is a security risk (it would take years to re-fit), and because it makes him look like the crook he is.

[RedInnocent69]

Stupidity thing I’ve ever heard. And his fan club will be like, look how he’s saving us money😂

[rizzzz007]

Waste of money that money would be use to support pore contries or those countries who are suffering from stravations.

[LOGESHKUMAR]

It's a bride to public employee... If Qatar say or do any thing mostly they won't object...

[Kelly6]

Bribe?

[LOGESHKUMAR]

Getting a money or gift object from the people or different countries..

[SmokinAces2000]

Sounds like he’s going to deport people who criticize Qatar too.

[BobbyLee789]

My opinion is completely unchanged. He is, was, and always will be, a lowlife!

[Anonymous]

Sounds reasonable, the Dems wouldn't have kicked off of it was a gift to Joey from Ukraine or Epstein to Billy-Bob

[goaded]

Yes, they would. Just as they'd have impeached if Biden had actually taken bribes and it hadn't turned out that it was just a lie from someone who's rotting in federal prison. en.wikipedia.org/.../Alexander_Smirnov_(FBI_informant)

[DryGermanGuy]

Years later and we’re still waiting for the great disclosure and impeachment of Joe Biden for the „10 million dollar bribe from Ukraine“! Comer Pyle and Jordan Jim are hard at work, people!

[Opinion Owner]

Guy moved billions in fentanyl for the Chinese

[DryGermanGuy]

Is that better or worse than him drinking the blood of kidnapped children in the basement of a pizzeria in Washington?

[Opinion Owner]

Better for his bank balance and getting rid of the blacks he openly hates

[DryGermanGuy]

Probably the reason why he worked so well with Obama over the decades - because he openly hates blacks. 🤦‍♂️

[Opinion Owner]

His children would grow up in a jungle, well child given the others didn't grow up

[chrissykerdock]

wonderful better than a bribe

[Celticwolf78]

It's a bribe and they don't want to say anything about it

[Anonymous]

It's illegal and a high security risk, but his cult will approve of it regardless.

[Samantha_17]

I thought USA was a country of rule of law.

[supercutebutt]

Lol.

[butterly248]

Will it be gold? 😂

[Kelly6]

Inside might have some gold 😆

[butterly248]

It's gold be all *gold* ✨️😂

[Kelly6]

@butterly248
Lol

[Grond21]

I like Trump, but it don't like him accepting it

[WonderingManII]

It seems odd to me.

[austinbooth]

I'm okay with it.

[Babygirl_S]

Trying to make him convert to Islam ☪️

[dougeats]

Honestly, he's a pos

[Jerre]

I see no problem with that

[FenixG45]

YOU'RE FIRED!!!

[A_S_i_L]

He is prime minister it is normal

[EmmiL]

Great

[Jennz6]

That’s great

[shortster]

Good for him