The plane being a White Elephant gift is the funniest turn this saga could have taken

[karynnj]

44. Simpler solution. Require Congress to approve the expenditure of upgrading

Yes, I know Republicans control both Houses. However, given that it is said to take more than a year to thoroughly upgrade AND he intends to take it with him, it should be a politically toxic vote for anyone concerned about the deficit.

A thorough analysis of all the costs, including:
1) the cost of upgrading
2) the excess cost of maintaining and storing the AF1 fleet ( the current default is storing the 2 old AF1s until the two new ones replace them. I assume Trump will continue using the old AF1s until his plane is updated. Question - what is the current time frame for the new ones? Will he really use a more than decades old plane rather than the new one?
3) after the plane is upgraded what are the extra fuel costs versus using the old AF1 or the new one if it becomes available?

My thoughts?
Wouldn't decorating one of the not completed new jets in his style be better than building new state of the art planes IN PARALLEL to upgrading a white elephant?
Are we maybe paying a fortune to buy Trump a status item for his library? If so, why not have Trump not use it as President and not upgrade it. ( Legally, I think he or his library needs to pay the Treasury the value of this gift. After the Obama term, there were articles on gifts that were given to the government, noting that some recipients paid the value to keep things given to them.)