The Boeing 747-8 being offered to Donald Trump by Qatar once served the Qatari royal family and has been sitting unsold for years.

The jet, a lavishly configured version of Boeing’s largest passenger aircraft, has been lingering without a buyer since being put up for sale in 2020, according to aircraft listings and aviation analysts.

John Goglia, a former member of the National Transportation Safety Board, told Forbes that giving the 747-8 to the U.S. would allow the Qataris to avoid maintenance costs that were only getting higher—with the 747 fleet shrinking worldwide and fewer mechanics available who know how to work on them.

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Trump is even bad at being bribed… 🙄

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Right? Being gifted a plane is kind of a financial nightmare.

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Its like “winning” a boat or car. Great, you have this thing you couldn’t afford. Now pay the taxes on it, that you can’t afford.

But also, we all know Trump doesn’t pay taxes.

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What kind of country taxes prizes? Seems a bit ridiculous if you ask me.

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Reminds me of the time Oprah screwed her audience over with a free car

https://www.jalopnik.com/that-time-oprah-gave-276-people-free-cars-that-actually-1838106001/

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Not when taxpayers are paying for all the expenses.

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This is the same energy as people who buy their SO a vehicle without any input. Enjoy the new car payments babe.

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If you plan on flying it yes. But something like this I bet you could rent out as an AirBnB (assuming there are beds). You also need a place to put it…

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not even asking for new items, is also Used and expensive. even his older jets/planes he has is very old.

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Trump is like a little baby who wants something he knows he shouldn’t have. Waaa. I want palace. If he thought he was leaving it 4 years he wouldn’t accept.

Why don’t they give it to him after his term is up. See if he goes for that. Promise you he wouldn’t go for that deal. :). Wonder why.

At least it exposes his selfishness and greeed which is obscene that people need to have this demonstrated given the man clearly has some serious personality issues.

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He will take it with him if he leaves office.
He will XO a charity gift to the newly found “Trumps School For Governments That Can’t Democracy Good”, and use it to fly around and give intimate talks at lavish dinners (not keynote speeches. Just be at a table)

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Tell him that retrofitting it to AirForceOne security standards would “ruin the beautiful golden interior” so it will be better to just wait until he’s a private citizen again and won’t have to follow those stupid security rules. Meanwhile, as President, he’ll have to keep using the “little” presidential aircraft.

He might be tempted into quitting early, or at least not extending his reign. Or he’ll insist on using the unsecured plane, and maybe something catastrophic will happen over the Pacific.

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The current two Air Force One planes (whatever the president is flying in is called Air Force One) are the exact same model as this “gift”.

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No, the VC25As are reinforced in many ways. If you mean the size, he’s the one called them small.

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Kinda. It’s still all very silly and stupid, but the 747-8 is a few metres longer, and generally more modern than the 747-200b the current VC25A are based on.

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he will make gaudy after they retrofit, and make them add diamonds, gold leaf, marble all in the interior, with diamond chandelier, and only gold toilets.

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A modern-day white elephant! Kind of hilarious that Trump of all people got it.

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LOL get fucked pedo

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Wow so it’s not even a NEW plane but shitty high maintenance sloppy seconds.

The mandarin chief really does have a type…

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Mandarin chief… I’m fucking dying, haha

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