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Gotta scrape up cash for those legal fees.

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Some was found during the hiding of classified docs under the seat cushions.

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In case of a water landing, these nuclear secrets can be used as a golden parachute.

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Nah, that’s what his supporters are for. He’ll just sell more limited edition NFTs for $100 a pop and milk them. They’re basically a dumb golden goose.

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The plane, a 1997 Cessna jet,

This is NOT the Trump passenger liner with Trump livery on it. That is a Boeing 757 a MUCH larger plane.

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The 757 isn’t part of the fuckery. The McDonnell-Douglas merger that supposedly doomed Boeing’s engineering department (and hundreds of passengers so far) happened in 1997, six years after Trump’s plane was built. It’s part of the good airplanes Boeing used to make.

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This cannot be emphasized or repeated enough. Before the acquisition, Boeing was led and run by engineers. After the acquisition, MBAs and Finance people were put in charge.

This happens at all large companies, eventually, and it’s why they all inevitably shit the bed. It’s just in this case, it’s killing a lot of people in the process.

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Killing whistleblowers? They’re already working on it

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Lol

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The OG 757s are good shit.

It is the new stuff that you want to avoid.

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Gravity

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“sold”

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That was Eric’s plane. Now he has to take the bus.

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A short bus?

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Oh good maybe more cities will have nice bus systems

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Is that a reasonable price for it?

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$10 million is the approximate value of the jet; the amount it was sold for wasn’t disclosed.

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Oh, duh. Yes, I should have read the article before asking. Thank you for nicely answering!

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He probably sold it for $30 million

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Between this stuff and the blatantly inflated Truth Social stock, I would be shocked if there weren’t fifty different types of campaign finance violations going on. If you want to launder a donation, this seems like a textbook setup.

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