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So what's wrong with the brand new second hand plane? (Original Post) malaise Yesterday OP
Maybe that gifted plane could be perceived as a "bribe " kimbutgar Yesterday #1
Makes sense malaise Yesterday #9
It's fourteen years old and is flying t around? mwmisses4289 Yesterday #2
So he's ditching it at a US base in malaise Yesterday #3
Maybe it didn't have enough gold? mwmisses4289 Yesterday #5
Nothing makes sense with that idiot. Klarkashton Yesterday #6
By now dweller Yesterday #4
A dirty diaper smell? rurallib Yesterday #13
Close enough dweller Yesterday #14
His dinosaur sized bowel movements probably locked up the plumbing on the plane. BannonsLiver Yesterday #7
Lol MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #16
Eavesdropping devices? The Madcap Yesterday #8
Petulant child finds that reality of a long anticipated toy not fooled Yesterday #10
All those "books" giving him the heebie jeebies? tanyev Yesterday #11
They couldn't figure out why the locked suitcase, glued to the floor in the cargo hold, was ticking? struggle4progress Yesterday #12
My bet: HAB911 23 hrs ago #15
Ding ding malaise 22 hrs ago #18
and HAB911 19 hrs ago #19
He will mothball it, trick it out on the government dime, then steal it when he leaves Mysterian 22 hrs ago #17
It's full of bugs? Initech 3 hrs ago #20

kimbutgar

(27,765 posts)
1. Maybe that gifted plane could be perceived as a "bribe "
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 12:56 PM
Yesterday

And violates the presidential portion of the emoluments clause in our Constitution?

mwmisses4289

(5,328 posts)
5. Maybe it didn't have enough gold?
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 01:03 PM
Yesterday

Don't know, hadn't heard he was ditching it. Is he done with that Nato thing already? Got bored and threw tantrums because no else really payed attention to him except to do the equivalent of point and laugh? Wish he had stayed over there!

Klarkashton

(5,557 posts)
6. Nothing makes sense with that idiot.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 01:04 PM
Yesterday

It will be a long time until we find out what's wrong with that stupid plane.

The Madcap

(2,241 posts)
8. Eavesdropping devices?
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 01:14 PM
Yesterday

That would be my #1 concern... that is, beyond the obvious overloading of the aircraft.

struggle4progress

(127,379 posts)
12. They couldn't figure out why the locked suitcase, glued to the floor in the cargo hold, was ticking?
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 01:34 PM
Yesterday

HAB911

(10,770 posts)
15. My bet:
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 03:27 PM
23 hrs ago

A credible security threat, and that plane is not up to security standards and probably has none of the defensive capabilities needed. It was a rush job so he could show off.

HAB911

(10,770 posts)
19. and
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:04 PM
19 hrs ago
the reason it doesn't have those capabilities is because Trump wants to keep it if (when) he leaves office

(missile defense systems, radar jammers, and shielding against the electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear blast)

Mysterian

(6,786 posts)
17. He will mothball it, trick it out on the government dime, then steal it when he leaves
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 04:02 PM
22 hrs ago

Put more miles on the other one.

Initech

(109,784 posts)
20. It's full of bugs?
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 11:39 AM
3 hrs ago

And I don't mean bed bugs, I mean bugs of the electronic surveillance variety. Although knowing how little Piggy grooms himself, that honestly could go either way.

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