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Trump loses his mind over pushback to Qatar jet deal

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Trump Loses His Mind Over Pushback to Qatar Jet Deal

Summary

Trump lashed out at bipartisan critics after reports revealed he plans to accept a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jet from Qatar for use as Air Force One.

In a Truth Social post, Trump dismissed concerns as “world class losers” complaining about a transparent gift. Qatar stated the plane is under legal review between its Ministry of Defense and the Pentagon.

Critics, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Chris Murphy, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, accused Trump of corruption and violating the Constitution.

Even allies like Laura Loomer led the MAGA pushback to the jet deal.

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Besides the obvious corruption, it's a national security issue. I'm not an aircraft designer, but I'm pretty sure there's quite a bit of electronics aboard that craft. Pretty easy to slip in a few listening devices.
- To be fair, the trump crew don't observe any real security anyway, so all of the more competent competent competitors likely already know our secrets.
  I mean, assuming that trump doesn't just tweet them out, he'd absolutely sell our secrets for some graft.
  
  Or members of his cabinet just accidentally add foreign agents to classified chats...
- Not to mention the refit to include all the secure communication equipment Air Force One has. Also ECM, active countermeasures, NBC equipment, refuelling, etc.
  
  And then remove part of it a year later when it transfers to him
  
  Realistically, it would probably cost more to retrofit a plane than to just build it from scratch.
  
  Why does only NBC get their equipment added and not the other TV stations
  
  its around 2.6billion. and he might ask for more than 1 plane i bet.
  
  Air force one is not a plane it's just the cal sign of any air force plane the president is on. Executive one is any commercial plane the president is on.
- I'm sure Qatar sees him saying "yeah, then it'll be mine" and are thinking 'nooo, we wanted all the presidents to use it...'
  
  Then you're not up to speed....
  January 2029 it transfers to the "trump presidential library" so he can keep using it.
  It's not even to "the office" it's a personal gift to trump.
- That was my first though, that airplane is gonna have a direct line to the government of Qatar
  
  The more you think about it, the stupider the idea is.
  Besides the obvious security problems, Air Force 1 is to a regular plane what a Formula One racer is to a regular car. Someone else pointed out things like counter-surveillance measures, refueling, etc etc.
  It would be twice as expensive to retrofit it.
  
  If nothing else you can basically guarantee it will be traceable
- Or a shutoff switch.
  
  But, would that be so bad?
People just aren't considering the arguments in favor of accepting it, such as how cool it would be to receive what might be the biggest bribe in the history of bribery.
- There's sadly been much bigger bribes.
  Even within his family.
  It's certainly the biggest one a president has openly accepted. By, like, 400 million dollars.
  
  I was thinking the biggest single item.
- It likely also has the best always-on one-way communication link to Qatar that money can buy.
- the biggest bribe in the history of bribery.
  Didn't somewhere get a large wooden horse once?
  
  Same thing; this one also carries enemies hell-bent on sacking and conqueroring. This is just an homage.
  Pretty horse, though.
- Is 400 million more than Kushner got from the Saudis for his apartment buildings?
Toddlers don't like hearing the word "no"
- /end post
- This can be applied to everything he does, it's the begin end the end of all the issues with that man. His ego. And it's just going worse every day.
  
  But millions of stupid people in America think it's him showing strength...
  This is why the rest of the world holds America in contempt.
  Because it deserves it.
So trump now owes Qatar a 400 billion dollar favor, it's that simple
(For those not getting it, it's a jab at doge mixing up million and billion)
- He absolutely DOES owe them 400 billion now.
  To quote Kurt Hansen from Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. "To make billions, you first need to grease the palms of others with millions".
- Trump is a insider threat.
  
  WhyNotBoth.gif
Alternative headline: "Spoiled child throws tantrum when told No."
So....is anyone not thinking that the plane is absolutely chock full of spying devices? I mean sure Trump is too stupid to think of it as anything other than a tribute to his greatness but is there a single sane person there?
- No need for spying devices, he's for sale they can just buy the info they need.
  
  I can't remember did I actually read it or hallucinated it, but I remember something about trump "selling" (auctioned?) "dinner with Trump" events and most of the tickets are bought out by "foreign influence". He is clearly selling "chance to influence trump over dinner" tickets knowingly.
- Oh, this jet is going to have more bugs than a rainforest. It will be hilarious and compromising.
  
  And just wait until he starts keeping classified documents in the airplane lavatory next to the photocopier.
- i dont think you need to bug trumps planes, he has a big mouth and will say anything for money.
- There probably is, hence "bipartisan critics"
- The ol' Trojan plane trick...gets em' everytime.
But I waaaant it!
- Don't...care...how...
  I want it NOW!
He's losing a lot of support....
One of the joys of living in a red state, is plenty of uninformed people voted for him. A shit ton of them are saying they're not voting again.
But with an actual impartial DNC chair, once we get a candidate (especially if it's a charismatic one who's economically progressive) it's gonna be easy to get them to vote D like with Obama.
But with the dnc's track record, them not voting is the best we can have right now.
- Don’t be fooled. They will fall in line again. They will vote for Trump again if they have to. They’ll have to stop [insert boogeyman here].
  
  We're also on track for voting to barely matter by that point, unless something massive changes first.
  
  I mean, in some cases these are people I've known for 20 years...
  But I'm sure you know them better than I do
- it's gonna be easy to get them to vote D
  I'm not saying to give up on trying to reach them, but there're people that have never put a 'D' on a ballot in their lives. A more "moderate" Republican candidate will just be an excuse to feel justified in their hatred and bigotry again.
Traitors to the Constitution & rule of law applied universally should get only gifts of a short rope and a long drop
- A short drop and a sudden stop is the phrase I believe
  
  Short drops are also more entertaining for the audience, or so I've heard.
We all know that he can't stand to the slightest bit of criticism. He's a narcissist, that's part of what narcissists are.
That constitution is becoming a real barrier for Trump.
- Is it though?
Wait.... The plane is transparent? Wow! We should accept that sucker like now and figure out how they did it! LOL.
- Those Amazon's have some good tech.
- Wonder womans plane.
- Trump is Wonder Woman
  
  I hear the wonder lasso is just 3mm long and looks like a mushroom.
- Transparent Aluminum
  
  Emperor's new plane?
  
  That's a thing and it's dope.
  
  Computer, computer
  
  I got some. McMaster sells it as transparent ceramic.
Hear me out… what if this is them doing the us a “favor”
Ah. What a guy. Calling his constituents, who he pledged to protect, "losers"
He's the best. Everyone's saying it. Some say he's the best ever.. And, listen, some of the world's best people have said so. He's awesome.
/S
Was that a decent imitation of that orange moron?
One man's beautiful gift is almost everyone else's blatant corruption.
First of all, he is not "losing his mind". You cannot lose what you already lost decades ago.
- I'd go even further. You can't lose what you've never had.
- I mean, dementia, Alzheimer's, syphilis syndrome, 70 years of big macs, all impacting a brain that was so fuckin' dumb he lost money running casinos.
  hard to say...
Corrupt piece of shit.
He ain't got no mind to lose.
Toddler throws a tantrum.
Hope he paid the 10% tarrif on that $400 mil plane being shipped here from another country lol
- Tariffs for thee, not for me.
- I saw it in some xitter screenshot. The tariff was the 5.5 billion golf course on his name.
Let him have the plane. Its probably sabotaged anyway.
- I’d guess it would be less dramatic than that. Probably mics and bugs throughout it so they can get some good data on him.
  
  Since Qatar knows it will be fully disassembled to find bugs, but also has effectively limitless unsupervised time with it, there will probably be some crazy advanced, near-undetectable bugs in the plane components themselves.
Maybe we will get lucky and he’ll invite musk and other billionaire backers into the plane for its first official flight, at which point Boeing plane does what it does best coupled with a crippled FAA… one can dream.
- I would like that. Reminds me of that time when 16 Russian admirals bit the dust due to their grift...
  Tupolev-104 Folk Song
Now, just imagine how Putin put him in his pocket.
Didn't Boeing stop making these a few years ago? Like, are Qatar gifting trump a used plane?
- Airplanes usually operate on the order of decades. The 747-8 was made between 2012 and 2023, so it’s still a relatively new plane depending on when it was delivered initially.
  
  Totally. But it is like gifting someone a lightly used Cadillac. Which is weird.
- Is surely old but I guess is the setup that makes it worth.
  It's probably a plane with a yacht-level expensive interiors
- Yes, but also they still maintain them. Even the new Air Force One 747-800s that are being fitted right now are from a canceled order.
Loses his mind? Well, that's redundant.
- No it's impossible
- Can't lose what you never had 🙂
Why is thedailybeast of all outlets posting a headline that assumes trump is in any way not demented?
Have they ever heard him speak?
Wait, donvict has a mind?
What the fuck? Trump ordered new AF1 and 2 from Boeing not long ago.
- He ordered them in his first term. They are currently slated to enter into service in 2029.
- 1 is used for secret communications with RUSSIA, msb, and qatari.
- I am kinda hoping that Grand Theft Aviation happens, with AOC and Bernie leading Free America from those two jets.
Of course he cannot accept it. It is not American made. We know American first. And then think of all the tariffs he would need to pay for it!
- 747-8...
  not American made
  No...that's not the problem.
Cannot lose what you don’t have …
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