Elon Musk and his family under fire for using Air Force One; netizens retort 'That's government waste'

hindustantimes.com ^ | Mar 04, 2025 08:54 PM | Shweta Kukreti

[slag]

Elon Musk and his family have come under scrutiny after pictures surfaced on social media, showing him flying with his mother Maye Musk and son X Æ A-12 on Air Force One, the plane specifically allotted for visits of the US President.

The family received immense backlash as they waved at the photographers after deboarding the plane.

[simpson96]

Now let’s see the Biden and Obama AF1 flight logs of passengers...

[HereInTheHeartland]

If he’s tagging along with POTUS then no problem.
I can’t imagine they are using Air Force one to fly just him around

[griswold3]

Like collateral passengers or sole passengers?

[rdl6989]

Technically, is the call sign still Air Force One if POTUS is not on board?

[bray]

Like the richest man in the world is trying to get a free flight.

[grobdriver]

is the call sign still Air Force One if POTUS is not on board?

No.

[slag]

I wished that I knew where to find ‘Biden and Obama AF1 flight logs of passengers’.

[shelterguy]

And he probably steals all the fancy soaps in the White House bathroom.

[Hang'emAll]

Flying reporters around on AF-1 is government waste not to mention human waste.

[stanne]

When someone does anything about Nancy pelosi’s familiy’s FWA RE AIR FORCE Transport

Or word one about Michelle Obama frequent multi multi million $ family trips to Africa and beyond mother in tow, dressed like a slob I’ll give a scrap of a care about this strange ranger who’s putting in many hours and has been threatened and needs security

[skr]

I suspect the death threats he and his family are getting might be why he’s getting a ride on the President’s plane.

[1Old Pro]

I’m sure if we had a list of all the people who flew when Biden were President it would be repulsive.

[Fuzz]

X Æ A-12

What’s with African Americans and their weird names?

[1Old Pro]

Now let’s see the Biden and Obama AF1 flight logs of passengers...A real journalist would provide that for balance.

[Jane Long]

IBTNTs join in on the Bash Elon/POTUS whine fest.

[bakeneko]

Call me old fashioned, but I don’t want a goofball who has dozens of children by different mothers, and names one of them XAEA-12 anywhere near the levers of government.

I don’t care how rich he is. And his cars suck.

[BitWielder1]

Now they suddenly care about government waste?

[yldstrk]

Dude, are you delusional? His cars are great.

[volare737]

Exactly. They would not have used the 747 for Musk.