Great example of the problem with ‘traditional’ journalism/media.
It doesn’t “raise ethical concerns.” No rational person would say “Gee, I wonder if that’s an ethical violation.”
It is very clearly an ethical breach and bribery.
I’m also shocked at the limited reporting asking why a government would give a $400 million plane as a ‘gift.’
Maybe the ashtrays were full?
Or, yes, bribery. I suppose it makes more sense.
Still gonna cal it con-air
Air Felon One
Can anyone tell me what happens to a country that 100% stops giving a shit about its founding document that was adopted to give average citizens rights and political power?
Because this country doesn’t give a fuuuuuuuuuck about its Constitution anymore and that’s the precedent now. And all the bad actors out there with enough money to run presidential campaigns know it.
I think there are plenty of people that give a fuck about the constitution, but we need to really start thinking about what makes a country. Is it the people or an executive cabinet?
I am about 90% sure the heritage foundation has had this planned since the 80s, and used Post Soviet Russia as a test run. Here is more information about why I believe that if you’re interested
It’s a question of who really wants us to become an officially privatized corporation? Even if we have no say in that, we should ask why we are being treated as consumers of their product?
They seem to have no plans to stop taxing poor people, so either we stop paying federal and state taxes and only invest in our local communities, or we start acting like angry shareholders fed up with how the board is running the company.
They seem to be trying to emulate Russia, Hungary, or even Nazi Germany. So probably similar things. The US tech oligarchs seem to want something like Dark Enlightenment, while the other politically powerful sect seems to want christo-fascism; all seem to be white nationalist to varying degrees.
A foreign nation gifts us a plane and Donnie makes it air force one.
Has he never heard of a Trojan horse?
The Trojan horse was a great gift, a great gift for beautiful people. But the people giving the gift were beautiful too. Great folks on both sides. I mean just look at it, the horse, look at it, it’s got wood, and it’s so tall. I was there, people were telling me, Mr Trump, look, look Mr Trump, that horse is so beautiful. It was so beautiful, people were crying. Sobbing. Thanking me. They had never seen such a beautiful horse. Have you ever seen such a beautiful horse? I thought of seabiscuit. I love seabiscuit. They tell me it’s such a beautiful movie. But you know what I say? See biscuit, eat biscuit. What a lovely biscuit.
Biscuits. I am in tears, that was hilarious and I needed that. Thank you.
:)
But also :(
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
I would be pretty confident saying no, he has not.
That will be the safest plane in the sky. Where else are foreign governments going to find an imbecile as easily manipulated as Trump? They must keep him safe.
On the other hand, I hope they installed a spy cam in the bathrooms. Trump on a changing table while his aides tend his diapers would be hilarious.
I hope they do the entire world a favor and crash it remotely
What is completely corrupt piece of human shit like him to do but take he bribe.
Come on, the king should be able to accept a gift from a foreign country. He is the king right.
Doesn’t the real Air Force One have a wide array of highly specialized equipment and systems that allows it to act as a highly survivable command center in all situations? Things like encrypted communications arrays, air refueling capability, self defense systems and electronic warfare systems to name a few.
That fancy airplane they’re giving as a blatant bribe has none of those things. It’s just kitted out with useless bougie crap for rich cunts to show off.
…honestly when you put it that way, using shiny shit to keep Trump distracted from important shit is the second-best way to handle him; and using shiny shit to keep him isolated from tactically capable shit makes Trump more vulnerable to the best way to handle him.
Accepting a gift like that and flaunting it is a grave disrespect to the millions of Americans trying to make ends meet. A President should be diplomatic and not easy to bend over when they hear the word gift. I am almost sure that Qatar did something to that plane. Not that I will mind all that much, but for a party that is big on national security… this is just a joke.
America elected a kleptocrat. He’s doing what he was elected to do. Rob the country blind and transition into a mafia state like Russia.
the Qataris purchased it from the US… facepalm
I dont understand why people are upset about this compare to the serious stuff he is doing.
Getting money from foreign countries is how the USA government work. And that why we have the mess in the middle east.
Israel purchase almost all of congress, and get tax money back for it, along with letting US soldier fight for them ( Iraq , Libya, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and now maybe Iran)
People should direct their outrage to how lobbying and inside trading is happening because that what got you trump in the first place.
