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<https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-mideast-is-donald-trumps-safe-place>

After I noted the model airplane, Trump launched into a fond and factually
questionable recollection of how he had bargained Boeing down from $5.7
billion for a two-plane deal to provide an updated ride befitting America’s
Commander-in-Chief. “I said, ‘It has to have a three on the front,’ ” Trump
recalled of the negotiations. “ ‘It has to have a three.’ ” The final
agreed-upon price with Boeing, which the Pentagon signed off on in 2018,
was $3.9 billion.

But why, I wondered, did he feel so strongly about the upgrade? The answer,
it turned out, was simple, and it had nothing to do with national security:
Trump had a bad case of plane envy. “Air Force One is now thirty-one years
old,” he said. “People come in from, especially the Middle East countries,
with brand-new 747-800s, the brand-new super-duper-new one, and we have
planes that are thirty-one years old.” He recalled going to global summits
and looking out his window at the airport tarmac: “I would say, ‘Whose
plane is that?’ ‘That’s Saudi Arabia’s plane.’ ‘That’s U.A.E.’s plane.’ And
you’d see a brand-new 747, and I’d say, ‘Well, the United States should be
properly represented.’ ”

This wasn’t just a passing twinge of jealousy...

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Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote in news:100n3dc$3er20$1@dont-email.me:

<https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-m
ideast-is-donald-trumps-safe-place>

After I noted the model airplane, Trump launched into a fond and
factually questionable recollection of how he had bargained Boeing
down from $5.7 billion for a two-plane deal to provide an updated
ride befitting America’s Commander-in-Chief. “I said, ‘It
has to have a three on the front,’ ” Trump recalled of the
negotiations. “ ‘It has to have a three.’ ” The final
agreed-upon price with Boeing, which the Pentagon signed off on in
2018, was $3.9 billion.

But why, I wondered, did he feel so strongly about the upgrade?
The answer, it turned out, was simple, and it had nothing to do
with national security: Trump had a bad case of plane envy. “Air
Force One is now thirty-one years old,” he said. “People come
in from, especially the Middle East countries, with brand-new
747-800s, the brand-new super-duper-new one, and we have planes
that are thirty-one years old.” He recalled going to global
summits and looking out his window at the airport tarmac: “I
would say, ‘Whose plane is that?’ ‘That’s Saudi Arabia’s
plane.’ ‘That’s U.A.E.’s plane.’ And you’d see a
brand-new 747, and I’d say, ‘Well, the United States should be
properly represented.’ ”

This wasn’t just a passing twinge of jealousy...

Trump needs to shit on a gold
plated toilet. And who are we to
deny him that?



Inside Trump's private jet: The staggering
cost, gold-plated toilet
May 12, 2025

https://en.as.com/latest_news/inside-trumps-private-jet-the-staggering- cost-gold-plated-toilet-nicknames-and-tail-number-n/

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Mitchell Holman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote in news:100n3dc$3er20$1@dont-email.me:

<https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-m
ideast-is-donald-trumps-safe-place>

After I noted the model airplane, Trump launched into a fond and
factually questionable recollection of how he had bargained Boeing
down from $5.7 billion for a two-plane deal to provide an updated
ride befitting America’s Commander-in-Chief. “I said, ‘It
has to have a three on the front,’ ” Trump recalled of the
negotiations. “ ‘It has to have a three.’ ” The final
agreed-upon price with Boeing, which the Pentagon signed off on in
2018, was $3.9 billion.

But why, I wondered, did he feel so strongly about the upgrade?
The answer, it turned out, was simple, and it had nothing to do
with national security: Trump had a bad case of plane envy. “Air
Force One is now thirty-one years old,” he said. “People come
in from, especially the Middle East countries, with brand-new
747-800s, the brand-new super-duper-new one, and we have planes
that are thirty-one years old.” He recalled going to global
summits and looking out his window at the airport tarmac: “I
would say, ‘Whose plane is that?’ ‘That’s Saudi Arabia’s
plane.’ ‘That’s U.A.E.’s plane.’ And you’d see a
brand-new 747, and I’d say, ‘Well, the United States should be
properly represented.’ ”

This wasn’t just a passing twinge of jealousy...

Trump needs to shit on a gold
plated toilet. And who are we to
deny him that?

Inside Trump's private jet: The staggering
cost, gold-plated toilet
May 12, 2025

https://en.as.com/latest_news/inside-trumps-private-jet-the-staggering-cost-gold-plated-toilet-nicknames-and-tail-number-n/

For a gold-plated turd.

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