<\/h2>\nTrump intends for this Boeing 747-8 to be updated with new security equipment as soon as possible, so that he can start flying it in the coming months. It won\u2019t have the typical Air Force One safety features, since installing that takes a lot of time, and it\u2019s the reason that the two 747-8s that were ordered directly from Boeing have been delayed so much.<\/p>\n
There have obviously been a lot of ethical concerns about this deal, from both Democrats and Republicans, about a foreign government giving such a big gift. Let\u2019s ignore all of that for a moment, and pretend it\u2019s a big, beautiful, ethical deal.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the part that I can\u2019t wrap my head around. According to the plans, Trump will use the plane as Air Force One until January 1, 2029 (weeks before a new president will be inaugurated). At that point, the next president won\u2019t get to keep the plane, but instead, it\u2019ll be transfered to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation. <\/p>\n
So Qatar is gifting the plane to the United States (not to Trump), and taxpayers will be on the hook for the cost of updating the plane with new safety equipment, plus of the cost of transferring it to Trump after he leaves office.<\/p>\n
Keep in mind that there\u2019s no guarantee that the actual new Air Force One aircraft will be delivered before Trump leaves office. Quite to the contrary, the expectation is that it\u2019ll be well into the 2030s before the pair of new Air Force One jets are delivered.<\/p>\n
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So can anyone help me understand why taxpayers should be on the hook for the costs associated with reconfiguring a plane, only for the president to then keep a gift that was supposedly for the United States? It\u2019s a serious question\u2026<\/p>\nThis plane will go to Trump\u2019s Presidential Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhat purpose will the 747 serve at the Presidential Library?<\/h2>\nThe second part of what I can\u2019t wrap my head around is what the Boeing 747 is actually supposed to do in the Trump Presidential Library. People point out that it\u2019s not like Trump will actually be able to fly the plane if it\u2019s in his Presidential Library. So what exactly is the goal of putting a Boeing 747 on static display, without it actually being able to fly?<\/p>\n
Call me a cynic, but is it unreasonable to think that he will simply continue to fly the 747 after he leaves office, even though it\u2019s technically transfered to the Trump Presidential Library? Is that pure, baseless conspiracy theory? And if not, why wouldn\u2019t he let the next president (it could be an ally of his!) use it?<\/p>\n
For what it\u2019s worth, there is a precedent for a former Air Force One going into a Presidential Library \u2014 the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library has an Air Force One Pavilion. The difference is that the plane was placed in the library after it no longer served a purpose.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re talking about the SAM 27000, which was based on the Boeing 707. It served as Air Force One until 1990, when it was retired, and replaced by more modern aircraft.<\/p>\n
But the distinction is that the plane was gifted by President Bush, and this all happened after the fact. It\u2019s a little different than someone saying \u201chey, I\u2019m just gonna keep Air Force One, even though it could still serve a purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bottom line<\/h2>\nThe Trump administration is moving forward with accepting a $400 million Boeing 747-8 as a gift from the Qataris. Pretending for a moment that there are no ethical concerns, what I can\u2019t understand is what justification is being used for this to be transfered to the Trump Presidential Library weeks before Trump leaves office. <\/p>\n
Beyond that, I can\u2019t actually understand why he\u2019d want it in his Presidential Library, if the goal wasn\u2019t to somehow figure out a way to fly it. It\u2019s not like this is some historical plane that served half a dozen presidents over decades. Instead, it\u2019s just a plane that will carry Trump around for a couple of years\u2026<\/p>\n
Anyone have any insights?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A couple of weeks ago, there started to be rumors of Qatar gifting the United States a Boeing 747-8, to be used as the new Air Force One. This is a deal that has been orchestrated by President Trump and his administration. At the time, many people dismissed that rumor as \u201cfake news,\u201d but it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12028],"tags":[12576,5129,20271,11678],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-251628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airline","tag-boeing","tag-library","tag-presidential","tag-trumps"],"yoast_head":"\n
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