The Jet "Gift" would have to be fitted for in-air refueling.

[rickford66]

That alone would have the jet completely stripped down and the fuel system replumbed. Aint gonna' happen.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Air Force One is not a corporate jet, it is a mobile command center...

the amount of refits and upgrades required boggles the mind.

[The Madcap]

2. I thought it was because of

its orange-hued tonnage...fuel efficiency is a lost cause when you carry that cargo.

[LastDemocratInSC]

3. And EMP shielding, and decoy flares / chaff,

and all the secure communications systems, and medical facilities, etc. It's absurd that these things have apparently not been considered.

[GP6971]

4. He doesn't see that. He's blinded by the gaudy opulence...

and all the necessary upgrades will destroy it. He'll fight that tooth and nail.

[sheshe2]

8. Yup.

"He's blinded by the gaudy opulence"...

He has his palace in the sky now, where he will reign for ever and ever.

[GP6971]

11. I'm hoping is "palace in the sky" is

a lemon not covered by any Lemon law!!

[sheshe2]

12. *Snort*

I hope the next air traffic controller that guides his plane in is from Newark. I hear they are sooo short staffed that the janitors are taking shifts. 😱

[GP6971]

13. Not far off...ever see the movie Airplane?

Need I say more??

[sheshe2]

14. I have! And I just caught that on Netflix the other night.🤣

I was bored and needed some mindless entertainment to make me .

[Silent Type]

5. Trade the Qatar plane in for a special order from Boeing with all the security stuff needed.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. We are literally in the process of building two of them. Ready in 2027 maybe

Trump made a big deal out of chiseling Boeing by renegotiating the deal when he took office in 2016

Now he’s going to spend $100 million to refit a jet for 3.5 years?

[Silent Type]

7. That's what I thought. I remember him griping about it wouldn't be ready when he took office.

[tulipsandroses]

10. It won't be for 3.5 years. He gets to keep it after he leaves office. For his " library". Wink Wink

He says he can't turn down such a gift.
That should worry everyone. A president that cannot turn down an expensive gift? Ripe for corruption.

[LudwigPastorius]

9. It would have to be completely stripped down and searched for surveillance devices or other things surreptitiously...

installed in it.

...massively expensive and time consuming just for that. Then it would have to be refitted to function as Air Force One.