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Dr. Jimmy Oshet @oshetjimmy.bsky.social
Jul 11, 09:26 AM

The official line is that this $400 million plane is a stopgap until the real fleet arrives in 2028. But accepting such an expensive "gift" from a foreign power while you’re cutting deals with them elsewhere is like a mob boss accepting a "totally unconditional" envelope of cash from a rival.

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"President Trump has made no secret of how much he loves his new jumbo jet that was gifted to him by the Qatari government. So why is he now taking the old version of Air Force One again? That's the question that a lot of reporters are asking today, especially after the president flew on the new plane to the NATO summit in Turkey, but flew back from Turkey on the NATO summit on the old version of Air Force One. The president said that the new Qatari jet was being sent ahead of time to a military base in the United Kingdom, so members of the United States military could tour it and see just exactly what it looks like on the inside. It's flying to Europe to one of the big bases, two or three of the big bases, where we can show it to the people and we'll be going home by normal methods. We saw President Trump landing at that same military base where he walked from the old Air Force One to the new Air Force One. You can tell a difference in the old color scheme on that plane versus the new red, white and blue one that he put on the new Qatari plane. Now, the White House said that this was because the president wanted members of the military to be able to see it for themselves, but the president himself was also asked whether or not it had to do with any security issues or concerns about his own personal safety. You've spoken today twice about them possibly assassinating you and possibly being successful. Did that concern have something to do with it? Well, I speak about it a lot because, you know, the life of a president is very dangerous. It's five point two percent. You know what a race car driver is? One tenth of one percent. A bull rider. That looks pretty dangerous to me. It's one tenth of one percent. No, it's five point two percent is you don't make it. I mean, it came out. There was another list came out yesterday. And I'm number one on I like being number one on TikTok better, but I'm number one on the list for for killing."

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Dr. Jimmy Oshet @oshetjimmy.bsky.social · Jul 9, 05:51 PM

The official line is that this $400 million plane is a stopgap until the real fleet arrives in 2028. But accepting such an expensive "gift" from a foreign power while you’re cutting deals with them elsewhere is like a mob boss accepting a "totally unconditional" envelope of cash from a rival.