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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,697 posts)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:52 PM Nov 2025

Kristi Noem Reportedly Authorized Purchase Of Planes That Were Missing 1 Key Component

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reportedly authorized the purchase of 10 Spirit Airlines planes before she realized that the airlines didn’t own the planes. Also, none of the planes came with engines.

Noem, along with Department of Homeland Security adviser Corey Lewandowski, had recently planned to buy 10 Boeing 737 jets from the budget airline, Spirit Airlines. The plan was to use the jets to deport immigrants that have been snatched off the streets by masked agents under orders from Trump.

Sources told the Journal that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials had already cautioned the two that buying the planes would be more expensive than just expanding existing flight contracts. And when officials looked at the proposal, they noticed that Spirit Airlines didn’t actually own the planes, and that none of the planes came with engines.

Along with using the jets to carry out more deportations, the Journal reported that Noem had also intended to use the jets for personal travel. FBI Director Kash Patel has recently come under scrutiny for using a $60 million FBI jet to go see his girlfriend perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a wrestling event in Pennsylvania.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-reportedly-authorized-purchase-190122856.html

Trump knows all the best people.

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Kristi Noem Reportedly Authorized Purchase Of Planes That Were Missing 1 Key Component (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2025 OP
When they go low UpInArms Nov 2025 #1
When they hit bottom Retrograde Nov 2025 #13
They don't care how much money they waste. It's only taxpayer dollars. Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #2
WTF? malaise Nov 2025 #3
I wonder what her husband Bryan Noem thinks about all of these shenanigans. Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #4
Trump only hires morons Johonny Nov 2025 #5
its only when we ae in power do they whine and complain about debid. AllaN01Bear Nov 2025 #6
Good news for the immigrants. Sneederbunk Nov 2025 #7
When MAGA stupidity exceeds their thievery. oasis Nov 2025 #8
LMFAO!!!! Initech Nov 2025 #9
I remember when they bitched about Obama taking Air Force One KS Toronado Nov 2025 #10
They can fill one up with paid actors & show her slinking down the aisle in her tight Nazi uniform, heels & cattle prod NBachers Nov 2025 #11
The stupidity is astounding LilElf70 Nov 2025 #12
When they took the planes for a test flight.... DFW Nov 2025 #14
Critical thinking is neither encouraged nor readily available in the MAGA universe. bluesbassman Nov 2025 #16
But they were on sale! nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2025 #15
It just keeps getting worse sakabatou Nov 2025 #17

Retrograde

(11,419 posts)
13. When they hit bottom
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 04:59 AM
Nov 2025

they grab a shovel and start digging. Didn’t the government used to have people who vetter large purchases like this?

Irish_Dem

(81,242 posts)
4. I wonder what her husband Bryan Noem thinks about all of these shenanigans.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:33 PM
Nov 2025

His wife and her boyfriend making headlines with their hi jinx.

Internet says Kristi and Bryan are still married.

KS Toronado

(23,727 posts)
10. I remember when they bitched about Obama taking Air Force One
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 10:11 PM
Nov 2025

for a vacation in Hawaii and all the fuel he wasted doing so, but dumpie will use it 3 times a week golfing.

NBachers

(19,438 posts)
11. They can fill one up with paid actors & show her slinking down the aisle in her tight Nazi uniform, heels & cattle prod
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 10:21 PM
Nov 2025

LilElf70

(1,568 posts)
12. The stupidity is astounding
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 10:50 PM
Nov 2025

WTF is going on in Washington. And Trump thinks this is OK? Haven't heard a word from him .

He certainly picks the sharp ones, doesn't he?

I mean,,,,,, this is like buying a used car with no engine. This stunt in no way passes the sniff test. It don't pass any test known to mankind. Unbelievable.



DFW

(60,180 posts)
14. When they took the planes for a test flight....
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 05:12 AM
Nov 2025

No one noticed that the planes were a little slow getting off the ground?

bluesbassman

(20,384 posts)
16. Critical thinking is neither encouraged nor readily available in the MAGA universe.
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 10:06 AM
Nov 2025

It’s actually something of a hindrance to advancement.

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