The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. That’s contrary to the narrative from the president that Qatar reached out and offered the jet as a “gift” to him.

WTF

    • pelespirit
      21·
      14 days ago

      An old shitty plane at that. He’s not stealing it, he’s extorting it somehow. He’s a mob guy after all.

      • Heikki@lemm.ee
        15·
        14 days ago

        It’s probably better than his Dump Plane and knows it needs upgrades he can not afford. If he accepts the plane as a bribe congressional allowed gift, he is going to have the people fix it up for him at our expense.

      • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
        5·
        14 days ago

        It sounds an awful lot like the Qataris were trying to just get rid of the thing, and orangeboi likes shiny objects, so they presented it to him as a shiny object. AFAIK it was becoming a logistics and maintenance liability for the Qataris, and orangeboi is just gonna use our taxpayer dollars to take care of that, because of course