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Trump angrily confronted Boeing CEO upon learning Air Force One updates delayed until 2029

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The incoming president is also reported to have "badgered his own staff for updates" on whether the planes would be ready before the end of his presidency.

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-- Raw Story (@rawstory.com) December 14, 2024 at 8:43 AM

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"The Telegraph reported that the jets were meant to be an "extension of the Oval Office" once the updates are complete.

They will be fitted with boardrooms, meetings rooms, military avionics and self-defense systems.

An unnamed Air Force spokesperson told the Beast that an update on the delivery timeline is expected sometime in the spring of 2025.

Boeing's delay on the new generation of Air Force One may be due to a seven-week strike by the company's workers that ended in November.

The Seattle-based company's operations were significantly hampered after 33,000 machinists went on strike over wage negotiations. The machinist union's members ultimately agreed to a contract that would increase their wages by 38% over the next four years."

WOW... that Strike was even more successful than we first knew. A twofer, getting a decent contract AND slapping the Orange B around a bit.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-14 05:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Lewzer is the one that screwed it up the last time with his big "deal" contract.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-14 05:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

The gelatinous orange turd will have to make do with Epstein's old jet.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-14 05:39 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 5

Lewzer? You mean ABC and George Stephanopoulos?

#4 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2024-12-14 05:43 PM | Reply

Lewzer owes E Jean Carroll $83 million.

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-14 05:47 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 5

What a fat, ------- -----.

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-14 06:34 PM | Reply

@#4 .. You mean ABC and George Stephanopoulos? ...

In my view on that deflection...

Yes.

Pennies for Disney to contribute to a charity?

And you seem to think that is a victory?


#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-14 10:06 PM | Reply

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#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-14 10:07 PM | Reply

The Telegraph reported that the jets were meant to be an "extension of the Oval Office" once the updates are complete.

So, basically, black fake silk sleeping masks decorated with gold sequin T's hand-sewn by a recently reeducated Uyghur preteen at one of Ivanka's Chinese concessions; jumbo-sized nap bed with a black velvet cover bearing a sprayed-on image of Donald Trump in full scowl mode painted by one of East LA's better known low rider street artists; a hot pink Louis XIV-style makeup vanity festooned with blinking lights in alternating colors (either red-white-blue or white-blue-red or blue-red-white) from the 1980 Mae West Estate Sale; and wall-to-wall ultra-horizontally convex, extra-large funhouse mirrors from the Carnival Depot. But wait, there's more!

#9 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-12-15 12:04 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

But wait, there's more!

Lewzer's big thing was to change the paint scheme so it looked like his old 757. Presidents get to make small personal touches in the onboard office... LBJ added a hat hanger, JFK had a pipe rack.

#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-15 12:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Obama added a black light poster and music room. Just sayin'.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-15 02:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Sources say he needed the door widened and the stairs reinforced...

#12 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2024-12-17 08:49 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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