There will be an ADDITIONAL COST to remove the secret weaponry and communications gear from the Quatar jet...

[Miles Archer]

...when Trump leaves office and takes personal possession of it.

https://www.rawstory.com/iowa-law-would-ground-trumps-donated-jet-with-a-thud/

But little comment has arisen about the eye-popping price of retrofitting the Qatar jet for the president’s use for the next 36 months and then to remove the secret weaponry and communications gear before the plane sets course for the departing president’s library or personal airstrip.

The federal government already is spending $4 billion for two new Air Force One 747s that now are in production. The Qatar jet will not save a nickel on that contract.

The House last week approved a budget proposal from the White House and Republican leaders that the Congressional Budget Office says will add $2 trillion, with a “t,” to the $36 trillion national debt over the next 10 years. At the same time, the White House and Pentagon are getting ready for a huge military parade in Washington next month costing an estimated $45 million.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. So ... can we deduct our own birthday parade as a cost of self-renewal? just asking ........

My parade helps me feel important, and lifts my mood, which makes me more productive and create more taxable income.

Along that line, is therapy a deduction?

[Miles Archer]

2. He wants an "Oreo Station" on the Qatari jet.

His justification is "I like Oreos."

Apparently, eating them out of the bag, or maybe off of a plate or napkin, is too much of a challenge.

In addition to gold-plating all of the seat belt buckles, stitching the "Trump family crest" into the seat cushions, and installing surround-sound theater equipment so he can "enjoy movies," there has to be some kind of "Oreo station" that taxpayers will pay for.

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Not only are his bribes criminal...

…making out that this freaking emoluments thing on this piece of paper called the Constitution of the United States doesn’t apply to pee-residunce dimdonnie john trump is treason.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[bif]

5. But let's cut Medicare and Medicaid to help pay for it.

Makes sense to me.

[Blue Owl]

6. Dump looks like the type who'd be easily suckered into a bunch of add-ons