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

[Husker_Du]

yeah. that's one story.

also - legit question - what does it mean that it will be 'turned over to the trump library' ? 

i don't understand. 

[VakAttack]

5 minutes ago, ionel said:

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?  

No, but they weren't receiving the financial benefits of the trips.  And charging the Secret Service more than others.

[ionel]

Just now, VakAttack said:

No, but they weren't receiving the financial benefits of the trips.  And charging the Secret Service more than others.

How does one "charge" the Secret Service?  

[VakAttack]

2 minutes ago, ionel said:

How does one "charge" the Secret Service?  

They have to pay for their rooms.  At the Trump hotel.

Edited Sunday at 07:56 PM by VakAttack

[ionel]

10 minutes ago, Husker_Du said:

also - legit question - what does it mean that it will be 'turned over to the trump library' ? 

Im just reading between the lines here so I could be wrong ... but ... I think VAK is saying the entire Trump family will "check out" the jet from the library to fly back & forth between the private islands they bought with the trillion dollars of crypto generated during the 4 years and will charge the SS an excessive fee just for the privilege of riding along.  

[VakAttack]

16 minutes ago, Husker_Du said:

yeah. that's one story.

also - legit question - what does it mean that it will be 'turned over to the trump library' ? 

i don't understand. 

The only thing that seems clear is that it will no longer be the property of the US government.

[ionel]

6 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

The only thing that seems clear is that it will no longer be the property of the US government.

Who owns Presidential libraries? 

[Caveira]

22 minutes ago, ionel said:

Who owns Presidential libraries? 

The Barack Obama Presidential Center, which includes a presidential library, is estimated to cost around $830 million. This includes construction costs ($700 million), exhibit and artifact preparation ($90 million), and the first year of operating costs ($40 million). 

 

federal tax dollars contribute to the funding of presidential libraries. While many libraries are initially built and funded through private donations and non-profit foundations, the National Archives (NARA) operates and maintains them, and this requires funding from the government's operating budget, which is financed by taxpayer contributions

[ionel]

7 minutes ago, Caveira said:

The Barack Obama Presidential Center, which includes a presidential library, is estimated to cost around $830 million. This includes construction costs ($700 million), exhibit and artifact preparation ($90 million), and the first year of operating costs ($40 million). 

 

federal tax dollars contribute to the funding of presidential libraries. While many libraries are initially built and funded through private donations and non-profit foundations, the National Archives (NARA) operates and maintains them, and this requires funding from the government's operating budget, which is financed by taxpayer contributions

but ... but ... the Trump Presidential library will be gifted to and owned by the Trump family correct?  

[Offthemat]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

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? 

No selective outrage inspired by TDS evident here, huh?

[Offthemat]

1 hour ago, VakAttack said:

$400 million.

You wouldn’t lie would you?  Who’s getting $400 billion?

[VakAttack]

4 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

You wouldn’t lie would you?  Who’s getting $400 billion?

Nobody.  I said million.

[Offthemat]

6 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

I said million.

Durned auto correct.  Who gets $400 million?

[ionel]

3 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

Durned auto correct.  Who gets $400 million?

Bob gave you 15 minutes ... that scoundrel.  

[headshuck]

The whole story seems phony the more you think of it. Yeah, we’re going to put the President in an old jet donated by a Middle East country. May 11 is the new April 1.

It’s to light a fire under Boeing.

[Threadkilla]

Somebody better stsrt the impeachment process.  

[ionel]

So maybe its just another case of TDS.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-qatar-gift-jet-air-force-one-7f9afb461c6b3ac16fca3bb0973715ff

[headshuck]

[Caveira]

9 minutes ago, headshuck said:

Didn’t the op just yell at someone who posted an actual event that occurred in the past that is now a current news event.   This isn’t even real?

[VakAttack]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

So maybe its just another case of TDS.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-qatar-gift-jet-air-force-one-7f9afb461c6b3ac16fca3bb0973715ff

Lol, what are you talking about, did you even read the article you shared?

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Lol, what are you talking about, did you even read the article you shared?

Looks like they changed the heading etc. Try:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/11/qatar-calls-jet-gift-trump-inaccurate-00341084

Reacting to the report, Ali Al-Ansari, Qatar’s media attaché, in a statement said, “Reports that a jet is being gifted by Qatar to the United States government during the upcoming visit of President Trump are inaccurate.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/qatar-says-no-final-decision-on-gifting-400-million-luxury-jet-to-donald-trump-101746991219845-amp.html

[VakAttack]

Someone should tell President Trump.

 

“So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane,” Trump posted on his social media site on Sunday night. “Anybody can do that!”

 

 

 

 

Edited Monday at 02:01 AM by VakAttack

[Offthemat]

10 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Someone should tell President Trump.

Who gets $400 million?

[VakAttack]

9 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

Who gets $400 million?

Trump.

[Offthemat]

20 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Trump.

Is it true that your law degree came out of a box of cereal and has a picture of Tony the Tiger on it?