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dalton99a

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Fri Mar 3, 2023, 05:44 PM Mar 2023

Trump calls for vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, baby bonuses [View all]

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/03/trump-policy-futuristic-cities-00085383

Trump calls for contest to create futuristic ‘Freedom Cities’
The former president also wants to spark a wave of vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.
By Meridith McGraw
03/03/2023 11:00 AM EST

Modern cities and flying cars might sound like the makings of an episode of the 1960s cartoon The Jetsons, where a fictionalized family flew around in Orbit City.

For former President Donald Trump, however, it’s the foundation of a new set of futuristic policy proposals.

In a video set to be released on Friday, Trump will call for a “quantum leap” in the American standard of living.

Trump’s plan, shared in advance with POLITICO, calls for holding a contest to design and create up to ten new “Freedom Cities,” built from the ground up on federal land. It proposes an investment in the development of vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles; the creation of “hives of industry” sparked by cutting off imports from China; and a population surge sparked by “baby bonuses” to encourage would-be-parents to get on with procreation. It is all, his team says, part of a larger nationwide beautification campaign meant to inspire forward-looking visions of America’s future.

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I think even a third grader would laugh at those ideas. Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #1
I'm laughing and third grade for me was long time ago Diamond dog. Duncanpup Mar 2023 #4
eVTOL aircraft are a thing Abnredleg Mar 2023 #6
Except, under Conservative government... Caliman73 Mar 2023 #8
I highly doubt the regulations will be cut Abnredleg Mar 2023 #11
On federal land ... dweller Mar 2023 #2
he's trying to lure a Muskrat. nt BootinUp Mar 2023 #3
I guess it is yet another one of his... hlthe2b Mar 2023 #5
So he wants to cut down lots of trees to prevent forest fires? greatauntoftriplets Mar 2023 #7
Who's going to build these "Freedom Cities"? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2023 #9
Will the flying cars be pilotless in competition with Teslas? Or will Musk produce flying Teslas? nt Samrob Mar 2023 #10
It's a real estate development. From a real estate developer. Volaris Mar 2023 #12
Too bad health care and education don't concern him at all. Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #13
This would go about as far as his fucking wall. jcgoldie Mar 2023 #14
Flying cars were always a bad idea Trenzalore Mar 2023 #15
Just a reminder of what happened to his border wall... EarlG Mar 2023 #16
For a guy who went bankrupt running a casino, my expectation for his success Aristus Mar 2023 #17
Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg Mar 2023 #18
This going to get realized with the HEALTH CARE PLAN? Liberal In Texas Mar 2023 #19
Great, so he's reading issues of Boys Life from 1958 hatrack Mar 2023 #20
April 1958 Celerity Mar 2023 #21
This would be pathetic, if trump weren't involved. Paladin Mar 2023 #22
A gallows takes off vertically Kennah Mar 2023 #23
And China will pay for it nt doc03 Mar 2023 #24
We have that already. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #25
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