I have a submarine to sell this guy
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Soon Musk will offer Trump a special Cybertruck as a replacement for The Beast. Because he doesn't know what to do with all those swasticars nobody buys anymore.
I wonder at what price point it becomes worth it to buy his swasticars and chop them up for parts. That's assuming that the parts aren't so poorly made that no one would want them. I have some nifty ideas for a battery pack that big, which would probably burn down my house.
To meet Air Force One standards, the plane would need extensive modifications, including secure communications, nuclear blast shielding and missile defense systems.
Nuclear blast shielding?
EMP shielding. Nuclear explosions release an absolutely insane amount of electromagnetic energy and it fries electronics. This is actually where the first EMP was observed - a high altitude nuclear test fried a bunch of electronics. The idea is that it needs to be able to keep flying even if a nuclear blast goes off even quite some distance away. There's obviously no way to actually nuke proof a plane, it would get vaporized or knocked out of the sky if it were close to the epicenter.
I think they have systems in place to stop EMPs from affecting and potentially taking down AirForce One, and nuclear blasts create EMPs that if left otherwise unshielded would do exactly that.
There's also hardening from nuclear radiation.
That's just the shit they are willing to tell you about.
I legit would not be surprised if there was a secret ejection capsule for the president and some staff that could rocket out of the plane and get caught in mid-air by one of the escort planes.
Then they just need him:
i gonna make an assumption here and say probably EMP resistance?
see, thats the difference between a smart leader and a rube.
Watch trump ask for a 787 and they switch it out.
It's the modem day white elephant. Lol
I had to do a double take. I thought your comment might have had an issue with keming…
Wait a minute... What's modem
I don’t know; what’s modem?
As long as it's Hayes compatible.
I guess he finally realized that a 747 really is bigger and faster that his 757.
But number more huge!
Trump is even bad at being bribed... 🙄
not even asking for new items, is also Used and expensive. even his older jets/planes he has is very old.
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My in-laws used to do this.
I love them, but every time they bought something new, they'd give us the old one like it wasn't something they were getting rid of. Easier to give it to us than throw it away.
The last time was a sofa and a love seat. We were stuck with the most uncomfortable furniture I've ever had in my life.
If you don't like it, why would you take it?
Trying to avoid being rude, making them feel bad.
You have to stand up for yourself. You can decline stuff perfectly fine without being rude. And if they would consider that rude, they are the rude ones.
If this keeps up, they'd think you're such a pushover and take advantage of you.
The last time was a sofa and a love seat. We were stuck with the most uncomfortable furniture I've ever had in my life.
Oh no. They realy gave you an uncomfortable sofa? Bummer. At least you got a nice love seat out of it.
I've started telling people to not give me their garbage.
I've made a lot of people upset, but also I don't have to dispose of other people's garbage, so as far as I'm concerned that's a win.
It made my mind upset but I had to tell her eventually to stop buying me stuff for my house because although I appreciate it I have my own aesthetics and if I feel I need it I will buy myself.
It put a stop to it. I'm happier now and she got over it.
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It'd be funny if the US decides to accept the plane and then Boeing spends the next 4 years retrofitting it with all the military communications and air defense features that the typical Air Force One carries. Then if Trump leaves office, because of military secrets, they spend the next 4 years stripping it back down to civilian level and he dies before ever getting to use it.
I just hope there are enough people working in the section tasked with inspecting the plane who hate Dump's fucking guts, so the schedule gets drawn out indefinitely. "Oh yes sir boss man, we made good progress today on that plane. Got at least 3 screws checked for structural soundness! Maybe tomorrow we'll have time to check out like 5 more."
It would make more sense to equip it up if they planned on keeping it as Air Force One after Trump leaves office, but they have already said they plan on keeping it with the Trump Presidential Library.. so the U.S. gov will spend all this money on a secure aircraft for a few months before it's decommissioned.. but he's just a CHAMPION of cutting wasteful spending. /s
Like a spoiled child, everything is wasteful unless it's for him.
As a US taxpayer, I don't find that very amusing. Well, other than the part where Trump dies.
nothing about this is amusing, but wasting your money is better than using your money to oppress you and minorities
hell yknow what, literally burning your money is better than having the same amount funnel into corruption
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We need everybody to tell good old Donnie that he was "gifted" a plane that's the equivalent to the rusty old piece of s*** car that's been sitting in the yard for 5 years and hasn't sold.
Like all those unsold Cybertrucks.
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