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In reply to the discussion: White House: Trump's $4 billion figure on Air Force One is questionable [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,848 posts)46. The current Air Force One is very near the end of
its life. Just sitting around in metaphorical mothballs won't do it any good. A replacement is needed to get into the pipeline pretty much now, if it's to go into service in 2024, which is what's been planned.
Trump's ego is so vast it's very easy to envision him refusing to fly on a plane that doesn't say TRUMP in gigantic letters.
It is, of course, possible, that the Secret Service will tell him he absolutely must fly on Air Force One, and they may also tell him he can't cancel the order for the replacement. But I recognize I don't know very much about these things, least of all what the SS can force a President to do, for his own safety's sake.
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White House: Trump's $4 billion figure on Air Force One is questionable [View all]
TubbersUK
Dec 2016
OP
I still don't see justification for new planes when the current planes still have 10 life years left
yeoman6987
Dec 2016
#22
"Don't worry America, I'll make sure it's only 3 billion dollars tops!" Savings... Trump Style!
ck4829
Dec 2016
#2
Im not sure why the White House is acting like it wasn't going to cost that much.
Quackers
Dec 2016
#7
Hey if tRump wants to fly an older plane with antiquated security and communications
n2doc
Dec 2016
#12
Yes! Or constantly use the same exact phrase, "shall we say, don't appear to reflect the nature of"
LuckyLib
Dec 2016
#28
He's not going to collect taxpayer money to fly in his golden sky rickshaw
truthisfreedom
Dec 2016
#19
The aircraft is assembled from parts fabricated all around the country
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Dec 2016
#36
The 70 Year Old Man Baby Fornicate Face Orange Toxic Megacolon's problem with AF1 is that...
47of74
Dec 2016
#44