Trump shows off Air Force One model in Oval Office

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: The Hill

Trump shows off Air Force One model in Oval Office
BY BRETT SAMUELS - 06/20/19 02:31 PM EDT

President Trump on Thursday displayed a model of a redesigned Air Force One during an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. ... The plane featured a red, white and blue paint design, which Trump has been pushing for as part of a contract for new Air Force One jets. ... The model plane sat on a desk in front of the two leaders as they discussed Iran, China and other topics for roughly 10 minutes.
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[text of tweet: In non-Iran news: There is currently a model of the Air Force One redesign displayed on the Oval Office coffee table. Trump showed it off to Trudeau.]

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Some observers noted that the new pattern is similar to the former Trump Shuttle planes that the president managed decades ago as a private businessman.

The new Boeing planes are set to be delivered by the end of 2024, which would be the end of a possible second term for Trump.

The president's desired redesign could face a roadblock, as a House panel voted last week to approve an amendment that would require the Trump administration to get congressional approval for any "work relating to aircraft paint scheme, interiors and livery" before it takes place.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/449572-trump-displays-model-air-force-one-during-meeting-with-trudeau

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By "managed," I'm sure they meant "mismanaged."

[Blue_Tires]

1. So he's talking about painting the current one?

Because the all-new one based on the 747-8 probably won't be ready while he's still in office...

[donkeypoofed]

2. Oh - did he play with it and make "vroom vroom" noises?!

Betcha he really enjoyed that - all the while telling Trudeau his new plane will be bigger and better than his! Betcha he also he wanted to paint it black with trump in gold lettering. I hope he didnt make the interior look like C3PO'S colon; like his Tower Apt and Miralago are like!

[turbinetree]

3. BULLSHIT ...................................

its the same fucking paint scheme as his B757-200 that he flew around on to meet his Russian Handlers.................

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Trump's terrible new design for Air Force One is unpatriotic

06.13.19
Trump’s terrible new design for Air Force One is unpatriotic
The original design is in the MoMA. This new one looks like a budget carrier from the 1980s.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

13. Trump's design is ugly. Since "Only I can do it," he designed the livery himself.

Let's do some comparisons:



The current Air Force One livery was designed by a world famous designer, the proposed one is designed by a failed casino operator.

Notice the curves in the current design and its subtle color (suggested by Jackie Kennedy), both of which bespeak of elegance. Trump's design looks like an airliner. Or his campaign aircraft.

My guess is that he'll use the entire length of the extended upper deck as a personal private penthouse.

For reference, here's the design for the failed Trump Shuttle:



And Fat Donnie's campaign plane:



The worst of it is that, like his judges, we will be stuck with this monstrosity for decades.

[jmowreader]

21. The second one wasn't Fat Donnie's campaign plane

This was his campaign plane:



He got rid of his 727 quite a while ago. His current personal plane is possibly the oldest 757 still in service.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

22. I bet he turns the entire upper level into his personal penthouse.

There'll be just enough room for the flight crew, but after that it's gold-gold-gold, just like his penthouse in Trump Tower.

And there won't be any space for the contingent of reporters that usually flies in the back of the airplane. Why would he carry the enemy of the people with him?

This madness has got to stop now, before the first coat of paint is sprayed onto the airplane's surface. Trump is a psycho. Someone has got to tell him "NO!"

[jmowreader]

23. Trump is the kind of guy...

...who would buy an airplane for the press covering his campaign, staff it with a crew comprised.of registered Democrats, and have it rigged with explosives. Then he would blame the explosion on Iranian terrorists and claim we had to go to war to “avenge their deaths.”

The only problem is, you don’t kill journalists and just have them sit there and take it.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

24. "you don't kill journalists and just have them sit there and take it"

I'm not sure about that. After all, "dead men tell no tales."

[C_U_L8R]

5. Boring and a waste of money

It’s the same design as the bankrupt Trump shuttle, upside down and lacking anything remarkable.

[underpants]

6. I'm no psychiatrist

But that second pic 😳

[SunSeeker]

7. LOL

[Achilleaze]

8. His thing is awfully small

I'm just sayin...

[SunSeeker]

9. I guess we should be relieved he's not painting it gold. But still. Ug.

It looks like a cheap commuter shuttle. Leave it to Trump to rip the classiness out of anything he touches.

[Maxheader]

10. 747-400?

Not surprised the handjob wants a new af1...Reagon did the same thing..First machine plan I made at wichita boeing was for ronnys '47...Back in the late 80s'..

Didn't read any numbers...probably a billion ea...After getting all tricked out with security equipement etc...

[Initech]

11. It's not terrible by his standards.

Believe me I expected something way worse - like a giant version of the American Airlines logo in comic sans. But let's face it, AF1 does *NOT* need improvement - it's recognizable the world over.

[msongs]

12. dont see any news here nt

[Xipe Totec]

14. Officially renamed the Offal Office for the duration of this term. nt

[Tanuki]

15. Reminds me of how he obsessed over fabric swatches for hours at a time while his business cratered

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theweek.com/speedreads-amp/840555/trump-perused-fabric-swatches-empire-burned-1990-ghostwriter-says

...."Leerhsen describes the Trump he worked with from 1988 to 1990 as mostly "bored out of his mind," a "failing real estate developer who had little idea of what he was doing and less interest in doing it once he'd held the all-important press conference."

Trump was making huge, outrageously leveraged, financially ruinous deals, but day-to-day, he spent "surprisingly large" amounts of time "looking at fabric swatches," Leerhsen writes. "Indeed, flipping through fabric swatches seemed at times to be his main occupation," and "some days he would do it for hours," probably because fabric swatches "were within his comfort zone — whereas, for example, the management of hotels and airlines clearly wasn't."...(more)

[ROB-ROX]

16. THIS LOOKS LIKE SHIT

The idiot made a public plane look COMMERCIAL. The idiot screwed up an internationally recognized jet to look like a HOT DOG. I hope congress stops the ass hole from screwing up more AMERICAN historical STUFF...

[Kid Berwyn]

17. Make Trump walk.

Farther than any golf cart has gone before.

[Sherman A1]

18. Hopefully it will be delayed

And the next president can prevent this paint scheme from happening.

[Bengus81]

19. Fat ASS told Boeing to cancel the order shortly after he took office--too expensive

So I'll bet almost three years later the price has really decreased. BULLSHIT..............

[Rene]

20. Keep Jackie O's color scheme for Air Force One. Nix drumpf's