Ted Lieu: I urge all press when they refer to the Qatari jet to be more accurate. It's actually the "15 year old, used Q

[riversedge]

I knew they have been trying to sell it for 4-5 years but not that it was already 15 years old.



I urge all press when they refer to the Qatari jet to be more accurate. It’s actually the “15 year old, used Qatari jet that Qatar unsuccessfully tried to sell off for many years”.

Link to tweet

[John1956PA]

1. It was destined to be mothballed or scrapped.

Then Trump jumped at the offer. It reminds me of the probably apocryphal story of Native Americans selling Manhatten Island for a box of trinkets.

[Captain Zero]

3. Thrift Store Jet

Trump will try to sell it on eBay.

[riversedge]

6. Probably get more for scrap metal??

[paleotn]

29. Good luck with that.

Pennies on the dollar as a cargo jet. That's really all the gas hog, 747's are good for unless you're dragging a presidential entourage around with you. And why the Qataris had a hard time unloading it for cash.

[BurnDoubt]

19. Still kicking themselves....

If they'd have MBS-ed them, they could have had the trinkets and kept their land.

[vapor2]

2. ANYONE ELSE tired of him telling us (and Wal Mart) to suck it up

when he drools over this jet? It was up for sale in 2020 I believe. We only get 3 fucking dolls and he gets a $400 million jet? Congress needs to take the reigns back on this

[paleotn]

32. It's not worth $400M. Like all 747's, it's a 4 engine gas hog. An anachronism.

The Qataris know their mark well. Slap a new paint job on an old, out of date jet and "give" it to a fool. Keeping it after he leaves office (if he leaves office alive - 8647) is totally impractical. A fool's idea.

747's are used as the AF1 platform only because of it's interior capacity, and the "big dick" theory. Only other practical use is as a cargo hauler.

[HuskyOffset]

40. Four engines might be viewed

as a redundancy/survivability thing.

[localroger]

4. It's only worth $400M if someone is willing to pay...

...four hundred million dollars for it. I've been thinking this since the whole thing blew up. If the jet is really something nobody wants and giving it to Trump is really an alternative to paying to have it scrapped, then well that's just a typical Trump deal for you.

[BOSSHOG]

9. The jet of the Deal

Awesome! He’s such a wheeler dealer. The Qatar royals never saw what hit them.

[Skittles]

11. that bone saw guy MBS

you could see in his expression how delighted he was to be handling such a fucking moronic "president"

[BOSSHOG]

17. Parade the horses

Flash something gold and shiny. Yes Donald we know all about loving stupid people.

[Skittles]

31. seriously, ANY kind of flattery gets eat up that pathetic narcissistic piece of utter SHIT

fucking DISGUSTING

[Ray Bruns]

14. Yea! What happened to Mr. "Art of the Deal"?

[Hekate]

5. I love Ted Lieu

[Skittles]

10. he is a peach

[Raine]

34. He's my Representative! 🥰 nt

[CountAllVotes]

7. scrap metal

Move along now ... nothing to see here!

Literally, NOTHING!

& recommend.

[Ping Tung]

8. Used. May require some repairs.

[BOSSHOG]

18. Charming fixer upper

Like Mara largo.

[WmChris]

24. I'd take the car

The car is a project that already has a lot of the heavy lifting done. It's already updated raditor and valve covers show the driveline is reworked and the body shows no rust. Unlike a out dated plane that would need more security sweeps and updated electronics then it's total value is worth and it would still be obsolete.

[FadedMullet]

26. I would too. I actually have a hood for it.

[Bobstandard]

38. You two get together on this car project

I’d like to watch the process on your YouTube channel or instagram

[spanone]

12. K&R

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Looks like they found a sucker

[Biophilic]

15. It's such a classic example of trump and his "deals".

It's like you know he is going to lose right from the beginning.

[BurnDoubt]

16. A Sucker AND A Loser!!!!!

[Montauk6]

20. I don't care if it's made of balsa wood with a rubberband propeller...

A bribe is a bribe is a bribe.
-Confucious

[madville]

21. How long are people going to obsess about this?

This thing always had zero chance of actually being AF1, it will wind up being mothballed in the desert with the rest of the obsolete 747 fleet. I’ve seen more stories about this plane in the last week than anything else and it’s managed to go from a flying palace/luxurious bribe to worthless junk in that time lol.

I personally think they’re just trolling the media/left and love the attention this gets because it distracts from the more serious stuff they’re doing.

[California Kid]

22. It's a pile of junk!!

And they're hoping that the idiot takes it off their hands....

[flashman13]

23. You could say it's a gold plated white elephant.

[Girard442]

25. We keep obsessing about it because some his base can actually understand.

How many of them have been "generously" (re)gifted something that turned out to be a run out piece of junk that needs a ton of expensive repairs?

[NBachers]

27. Ran when parked

[Grammy23]

28. I am no engineer but ...

Is it not true that airplanes get stressed over time from the forces of take off and landing done repeatedly? So if true, that bucket of bolts will need considerable restoration just to make sure it is safe to use as AF1. That is to say nothing about replacement of every single bit of the upgraded safety and security equipment necessary to be worthy of flying our country’s highest officers.

And honestly, anyone who thinks tRump will allow that plane to really belong to the US government is delusional. He is salivating at the thought of having his very own flying palace. He figures everyone will conveniently forget about it and never notice when he takes it with him wherever he goes.

That gift will come with a huge price tag that trump intends to foist off on the tax payers….certainly not a grifter like him.

[A HERETIC I AM]

35. Compared to a passenger plane of the same age (13 years)

That airframe is virtually brand new.

It has very low hours compared to a similar plane that KLM or Lufthansa might be flying (two of the last major operators of 747's).

It was sold to a holding company on the Isle of Man in 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P4-HBJ

[timms139]

37. If Trump is

going to be the one flying it around I'm willing to skip the rebuilding and safety checks, just sweep it for spying tech and let the bolts fly out of it somewhere in the middle of the ocean .

[Trueblue Texan]

30. The whole thing kinda reminds me of the fake diamond ring TSF gifted to Roy Cohn just before he died. nt

[intrepidity]

33. Did he find it in the "Free" section of Craigslist? nt

[MiHale]

36. It was their garbage...grump was their garbage man...

[ihaveaquestion]

39. Hand-Me-Down Toy

From a rich kid who doesn't care about it anymore. That's what they used to call some of the things I got given to me as a child... Not a nice name.

[Kid Berwyn]

41. When King Putin makes Qatar the 57th state...

…the Qatari royals can deduct the bribe, er, gratuity on their federal royal-T taxes.