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That's a white elephant gift.
If he's still around, maintenance on that thing isn't gonna be affordable
Russia, if you're listening...
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Plot twist: he’s not leaving office. Don’t tell me about the 22nd amendment. He’s already in office in violation of the 14th. He’s not dying anytime soon either. Rotten fucks like him always live well into their 90s, fueled by hate. Just look at Rupert Murdoch.
Murdoch's age is just insane. His fucking father was a stain on humanity during fucking WWI, and that dude was already in his 30s at the time.
I'm curious to know who is going to pay to keep it airworthy, if DT does leave office? Those things aren't cheap to maintain.
If he leaves office he won't be in a position to grant political favours to friends.
His Trumpcoin scam is one rugpull away from being converted to actual useful money.
I guess it's encouraging that they think he'll ever be leaving office alive.
Did anyone say alive?
Trump Pyramid where he gets buried with his jet...
The funny thing is that Christians always say "you can't take it with you when you die", so maybe they made a deal with god to get an exception?
Even if the plane itself was "free", they are voting to make a $1B gift (the cost to retrofit the plane) from tax money to one guy personally?
Today's word is corruption!
Have to pay for this instead of healthcare or housing. Land of the free!
These guys would allow tax-paid literal harem for Taco if Taco demanded it from these cucks.
Lolita Express II.
I think so long as the POTUS is in it, it's the Lolita Express One.
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Paedophile Of The United States
"Emolument"? You sound gay and your shit's all retarded
Don't worry scrote! My ex wife's tarded too and she's living a kickass life!
Well, he's never going to leave the Oval Office at the end of this term, so the point is kind of moot.
Or make it there at all. The pope was just a warm up. Vance wants that oval office couch.
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Give it to the Air Force so they can test out a few missiles on it.
Preferably with Trump still inside it.
...this evening.
isn't any gift received by the president property of the government? or so i gathered from watching the west wing 😆
That's how it used to work.
Haha, laws, those were the days
So much of our government worked on the idea that nobody would be brazen enough to break convention, and the untested belief that voters would immediately and vehemently reject anyone trying to openly abuse their power.
We now know both of those assumptions were wrong.
The country was formed when there were like 2 million people in it. We should have thrown everything out and rewritten it decades if not centuries ago.
That was actually the explicit plan, per Thomas Jefferson.
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It was gifted to his presidential library. So no. Only Trump can use it. Pretty fucked up huh?
But it's going to cost around 1 billion to renovate by our tax dollars.
Hey Doge! I think you can cut some waste right here!
That's the part that doesn't make sense to me. It's either a gift to him, and it's his problem to take care of, or a gift to the government, and their problem.
When you get elected president your car(s) doesn't suddenly get overhauled with bullet proof glass and security features paid for by the government. You hop in a government provided vehicle, and when you leave (outside of specific instances and time frames) you hop back in your normal car and live your life. Sure the secret service is around for things, but George Bush buys a truck from dealership, it doesn't get taken to a military installation and reworked with our taxes.
This is a really good case for sabotaging the retrofit. Slow it wwwwaaaaaayyyyy doooowwwnnn, and do all the merely cosmetic tacky gilt stuff first. Once he retires, the protective shielding and communications and weaponry won't be necessary anymore. And he won't care, as long as it looks lavish enough.
Also I think we really need to start using "retires" rather than "leaves office." Or "goes private" if it seems like he doesn't want to feel old enough for retirement. We have to make it seem like something he'd want. If we really made it appealing he'd quit early, because he's sure the fuck not doing this job for the sake of the nation.
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Emoluments clause? No? Anyone? Anyone?
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Technically that right there would make it ok if the house passes the same. But my God, if we're going to use that qualifier to let the president have something from a foreign state did it have to be a fucking 747?
Went out the window in 2017.
Are there not laws that determine gifts and compensation for the President that would be broken here? And if not, why not?
The people who write the laws are saying they are OK with this. The law doesn't mean much when the corrupt have the pen and paper.
A lot of what Trump does that he shouldn't be able to, he'd be able to if congress said OK.
The fact they even bothered to say OK here is kind of surprising given they haven't bothered on other things and just let him do it anyway.
Lol "laws".
Trump is the king of leeching off the government. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.
then Muck is the prince
No one could have seen this coming. We’re such a clown show.
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It’s hard to believe the US has come to this. Fucking crazy.
Lol, they're pretending he'll leave office
Lmao. Hey, republican voters? Are you watching? How much longer can you hold out? He is a crook, lied to you and is now destroying the country. Wake tf up.
They should force him to repay the money being spent to renovate the plane.
Is there really a more corrupt country in the world, we know Russia, Ukraine used to be (maybe still is ), and I'm sure many others that we think it believe to be corrupt, but when really looking at what is going in in America I think they top the cake. Yeah I'm sure they spin it so it has a justified reason but I think that's all smoke and mirrors.
They need to be added to some type of list.
It's a money pit.
What he should do is SAY he spent the money on the airplane but REALLY put the money in his back pocket.
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