Trump accepting largest gift in history to a US president, a luxury jet from Qatar

[VakAttack]

And then transferring it to his presidential library in 2029.  Just unbelievable levels of grift.  This is on top of all the meme coin bs.

 

 

[Caveira]

24 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

And then transferring it to his presidential library in 2029.  Just unbelievable levels of grift.  This is on top of all the meme coin bs.

 

 

I mean.  At least it’s in the open.   Some private jets go as low as 2 million.  The bidens took more than 10 million in cash bribes from China.  Both are stupid in so far as they’re obviously buying influence and neither is appropriate.  

[VakAttack]

4 minutes ago, Caveira said:

I mean.  At least it’s in the open.   Some private jets go as low as 2 million.  The bidens took more than 10 million in cash bribes from China.  Both are stupid in so far as they’re obviously buying influence and neither is appropriate.  

This jet, by itself, is $400 million.

[ionel]

Is it a huuuuge jet? 

[red viking]

Most of the wingers won't see a problem w this. Most of those will just point to something Biden or Clinton did, even though it's not the same. 

Winger hypocrisy example #4,530,567

[Caveira]

15 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Both are stupid in so far as they’re obviously buying influence and neither is appropriate.

Read ^^^^   Can you?

 

8 minutes ago, red viking said:

Most of the wingers won't see a problem w this. Most of those will just point to something Biden or Clinton did, even though it's not the same. 

Winger hypocrisy example #4,530,567

 

[ionel]

Is it true there's been a huge spike in TDS corresponding with the announced gift?    

[Caveira]

13 minutes ago, red viking said:

Most of the wingers won't see a problem w this. Most of those will just point to something Biden or Clinton did, even though it's not the same. 

Winger hypocrisy example #4,530,567

There is a giant statue.   It’s called the Statue of Liberty.   If Trump got one today.  Like a new version of it.  Would you be cool with that or should it be sent back ?

[Offthemat]

1 hour ago, VakAttack said:

Just unbelievable levels of grift. 

Can you describe the grift?

[VakAttack]

6 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

Can you describe the grift?

Yes.  He and his family and friends are enriching themselves using their positions in the government by previously unseen amounts, far beyond anything that people have tried to accuse Joe Biden of (and refused to actually try to prove in court) thru things like this jet, the meme coin sell offs (having enriched the Trump familyby some $3 billion since taking office), and market manipulation.

[headshuck]

I read it is replacing the Boeing jet that can’t seem to be built. Wasn’t that the one Trump cancelled at one time due to massive cost overruns by Boeing? The jet be used by future Presidents?

[VakAttack]

9 minutes ago, headshuck said:

I read it is replacing the Boeing jet that can’t seem to be built. Wasn’t that the one Trump cancelled at one time due to massive cost overruns by Boeing? The jet be used by future Presidents?

They've already announced they're transferring the new jet to the Trump presidential library at the conclusion of his term.

[headshuck]

They've already announced they're transferring the new jet to the Trump presidential library at the conclusion of his term.

So it’s an interim solution until Boeing delivers their jet?

[Offthemat]

33 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

He and his family and friends are enriching themselves

What is the monetary gain from the jet?

[headshuck]

Why doesn’t Trump donate his salary to the future library?

[Offthemat]

He donates it to charities. 

[red viking]

1 hour ago, Caveira said:

There is a giant statue.   It’s called the Statue of Liberty.   If Trump got one today.  Like a new version of it.  Would you be cool with that or should it be sent back ?

Very different. This jet is a quasi personal gift that trump and only trump will use. 

Nobody uses a statue, so it's not nearly as bad but yes, that would raise red flags for me too, the level depending upon the magnitude of it. 

 

[headshuck]

So he accepts a used jet instead of the state of the art new Boeing his office was promised?

[ionel]

10 minutes ago, red viking said:

Very different. This jet is a quasi personal gift that trump and only trump will use. 

So is Trump the first President since Truman to kick everyone else off Airforce One?  Not even the First Lady allowed aboard.  

Edited yesterday at 07:36 PM by ionel

[Caveira]

1 minute ago, ionel said:

So is Trump the first President since Truman to kick everyone else off Airforce One?  Not even the First Lady allowed aboard.  

Taxpayers Shouldn’t Pay $223,000 for First Lady Jill Biden’s Back-to-Back Flights

Last week, President Biden and the First Lady traveled on Air Force One to France for the 80th memorial anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. They departed late on June 4 and arrived in Paris the next day. While the President was not scheduled to return to the U.S. until June 9, Jill Biden made a return trip on Thursday, June 6, to attend Hunter Biden's trial in Delaware. She then flew back to France the next day for the remainder of the trip.

https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/taxpayers-shouldnt-pay-223000-for-first-lady-jill-bidens-back-to-back-flights

[VakAttack]

17 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

What is the monetary gain from the jet?

$400 million.

 

13 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

He donates it to charities. 

Sure.  And each trip to one of his golf courses, where he benefits from the costs paid (and charges the Secret Service more than he charges people like, oh hey, look, the Qatari royal family!)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/trump-golf-taxes

Personally benefits him multiple times the yearly salary he donates.  Each trip.

19 minutes ago, headshuck said:

So it’s an interim solution until Boeing delivers their jet?

No. 

[Husker_Du]

where is this 'announcement' that he's going to transfer it to the trump library?

[Husker_Du]

obviously, i don't think a president should accept a gift from a foreign government.

however, i'm not sure that this story is true based on what's out there thus far.

[VakAttack]

1 minute ago, Husker_Du said:

where is this 'announcement' that he's going to transfer it to the trump library?

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Personally benefits him multiple times the yearly salary he donates.  Each trip.

Wait ... did Obama fly United on golf outings and didn't Biden fly AF1 to go be a vegetable on the beach for the weekend?