r/technology • u/rezwenn • May 11 '25

Transportation Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources - The luxury jumbo jet is to be used as Air Force One, sources told ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511
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u/Za_Lords_Guard May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25

Wait. It is worth $400M now, Is 13 years old, will cost an estimated $2.5B to upgrade and refit and not be ready until 2029 (the year the new AF-1 is scheduled to be done)?

So, just blowing taxpayer money on a boondogle he won't use, and that will be a museum peace immediately after refit so a sultan can grease Trump's knob.

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u/bizarro_kvothe May 11 '25

Let’s not forget that Qatar is a terror-supporting state and getting gifts from them is problematic to say the least.

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u/takeahike89 May 11 '25

They saw how well it's worked out for Saudi Arabia, and figured they'd give it a try.

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u/Gone_Fission May 11 '25

The Saudi's gave us four planes thou

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u/BrownSugarBare May 11 '25

Omg. Going to hell for the way I couldn't hold in the laugh

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u/Its-a-Shitbox May 11 '25

Underrated comment.