Posted on 09/16/2025 3:44:48 AM PDT by fluorescence
Why did Trump accept this Spy infested plane from our enemy Qatar ?
Who is running the WH ?
That was exactly my concern with that. It’s a flying Trojan horse / spy listening device.
I’ve got it, Trump just needs to declare that until he flys in the ordered new AF1, he will stay in office! If Boeing can have delays, I guess so can Trump!
Trump is looking at this from a businessman’s point of view. But I see it as a sign of weakness. A country as great as the United States cannot provide a suitable aircraft for its president? We have to go to Qatar?
Better to make do with what we’ve got, than have to do that.
Then there’s the spy/sabotage angle you mentioned. I’m sure the plane will be throughly sweeped. But can any sweep be 100.00% efficient?
Unless they replace every single bolt, nut, and fastener, completely gut the plane of every wire and electrical component,totally X-ray every inch of the fuselage, and replace the engines and fuel tanks. They are idiots. It would be more economical to just build a new plane and a certainly lot safer.
“Why did Trump accept this Spy infested plane from our enemy Qatar ?”
Because it is big and shiny.
Publicly accepting with great fanfare doesn't insult Qatar.
Neither does quietly repurposing it to fly democrat senators...
IMO the plane should have been given to ICE.
i find that real strange .
Qatar is not anyone but terrorists friend .
Hamas is hiding out there .
The Terror propaganda site Al Jezzara is headquarters there . Qatar is the enemy of the west .
“Since 1990, the presidential fleet has consisted of two highly customized Boeing 747-200B (VC-25A) aircraft.[6] The USAF has ordered two Boeing 747-8s to serve as the next presidential aircraft, designated VC-25Bs and expected to enter service no earlier than 2026.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One
Why not just rebuild the wings of the existing two planes?
No argument there.
That plane will be stripped to the bones before the restoration. You two think Trump is stupid. Look to yourselves.
Interesting. One wonders why they were so interested in providing an airplane for the leader of The Great Satan to use?
Have to wonder if Qatar did not place a super-well-hidden explosive on this plane to secretly detonate when Trump is aboard in the future......
I would never trust it.......
and the largest American military base in the Middle East is also located there
Why are you calling Qatar an enemy? Aren't they a recognized ally of the United States and don't they host a large US military base strategically vital to our interests?
As to the "spy infested" plane, I'd rather have our security agencies going over this plane with a microscope than Boeing's DEI infested group building it. ;)
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C-130 gun ship plane would be safer.
Options good
Mr. GG2 used to work on Air Force One at the Seattle/Everett WA facility. He has a DOD clearance you could only dream of. Boeing did have trouble getting enough employees who could pass the clearance or would agree to the vetting process. And that was years ago.
In order to even approach Air Force One you have to go into a room, take off all your clothes and put on a jump suit. Then the Secret Service guys who are there with the plane wand you. Then you walk over to where the plane is serviced and pick up a special tool box and start work. When you’re finished every tool has to be put back just so and checked by the Secret Service guys and then you walk back to the changing room, put on hour clothes and leave.
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