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The wood paneling on the new presidential aircraft is the highest quality, President Donald Trump says.

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American taxpayers just paid hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade a plane gifted to Trump by Qatar ... Which he then gets to keep when he leaves office. This is just insanely corrupt.

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-- Otto English (@ottoenglish.bsky.social) 3:27 AM · Jun 20, 2026

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Other than algae blooming toilets and peeling paint? Good to go, Sirrrrrrr!

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-20 07:35 AM | Reply

Did they remove the listening devices and remotely triggered self-destruct code that Qatar installed in the plane?

#2 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-06-20 10:27 AM | Reply

"It flies further and faster than any Air Force One. You don't have to stop for fuel every few hours. You maybe will never have to stop a fuel. It's got, they call it unlimited, well it's pretty close to unlimited."

~ Orange Chomo unveiling the new Air Force One ~

politicalwire.com

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-06-20 10:44 AM | Reply

You don't have to stop for fuel every few hours.

Range of the current plane is 7,800 miles. That's over 12 hours at cruise.

It can also refuel mid-air.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-06-20 12:26 PM | Reply

The color scheme is great!!

It can also refuel mid-air.
~ DialAgain

But not the VC-25B.

12 hours is nothing really today, Quantus is doing a 20hr flight from Australia to London.
www.reuters.com

#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-06-20 01:46 PM | Reply

The piece of trash Qatar bribed Trump with, that needed hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to refurbish, so he can park it in his presidential library when he dies or leaves office in disgrace, or however he ends up not being president anymore.

Yea. Who fucking gives a shit?

Probably the poorly educated.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-20 02:19 PM | Reply

Strait of Hormuz is closed again.

#7 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-06-20 02:23 PM | Reply

" so he can park it in his presidential library"

Don't kid yourself: it's about the nine-figure tax deduction for the "donation".

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-06-20 02:24 PM | Reply

Pedo 47 was also fond of Lolita Express

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-06-20 02:26 PM | Reply

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