Air Force One jets to be repainted in Trump's preferred colors

[LilElf70]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/air-force-one-jets-repainted-215623860.html

This guy takes narcissism to a whole new level. This is unbelievable... and we are paying for it.

Isn't there some way to stop this? After all, it is our money.

[SocialDemocrat61]

1. Remember when John McCain gave Obama

a hard time about a new marine one helicopter that was ordered by Bush? Those were the days.

[Goonch]

2. ;-{)......

[LilElf70]

22. Thats a lot of

fake gold foil.

[Wednesdays]

29. Well, that tracks.

I would not be surprised to see it IRL.

[WVlaserguy]

3. So what will this cost us?

This jerk keeps burning through the treasury. Is there an estimate of the cost?

[LymphocyteLover]

4. I'm sure it is a couple million, he way these things go. Goddamn, he is a such a stupid big spoiled baby.

[Wednesdays]

30. 12 million.

2 million for the planes, and 10 million for his pocket.

[LymphocyteLover]

33. LOL, probably

[KPN]

25. Well, to answer your question in part, we know last year the Trump Admin shut down OMBs publicly available

Federal spending tracker for a while until the courts (including appeals courts) all ruled that doing so violated federal law. But there's also this still this:

https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/delauro-statement-court-ordering-omb-stop-concealing-government-spending

So maybe some entity is tracking everything he spends/steals from taxpayers for his own benefit -- or simply to serve his own personal preferences, like gold foiling the WH -- but chances that there's a complete and accurate accounting seem slim to me.

Everything's a cover-up with Trump and the rest of his these evil-minded grifters.

[NEOH]

5. I.hate.him. nt

[3catwoman3]

6. Does he really give a rat's ass about the current and iconic color scheme...

…or is it just one more thing he hates because it is associated with the Kennedy family?

[Lonestarblue]

16. Nailed it. JFK served in the military and was a war hero. Trump is a draft dodger.

Jackie Kennedy was a natural beauty with grace and elegance. Melania was and is a lazy First Lady who does absolutely nothing. Her background is sleazy at best. So of course Trump hates the Kennedys.

[ashredux]

7. He probably wants to put "Trump" on it

[rubbersole]

8. With a big hammer and sickle logo on the tail.

[Wednesdays]

31. Red star.

The red star was the aircraft roundel of the Soviet Union. After the end of the Soviet era, Russia kept the red star, and merely added a blue and a white border around it to reflect the colors of the Russian flag.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roundel_of_Russia.svg

[hunter]

9. Hand him a ladder and a case of finger paint and tell him to have at it.

Why is everyone afraid of this guy?

Do they really think they'll advance their own long term careers by kissing this temper tantrum throwing toddlers ass?

Has anyone told him it's not his plane?

[TBF]

18. a bottle of ketchup might be cheaper - nt

[RexLipton]

10. Like the east Wing of the Whitehouse...

He believes that everything belonging to the people of the United States now belongs to him to do with as he pleases. And clearly, nobody is going to stop him.

[TheRickles]

11. Next step is to redo the flag as red, white and blue - and gold. Just a couple of extra stripes....

[vapor2]

28. A Russian flag actually

[lonely bird]

12. Maybe he will shuffle money from some program for poor people

Or from the ballroom that will never get done.

[JohnnyRingo]

13. I don't see a timeline in that report.

We know that as long as he's in office, the planes will one day be painted, but it doesn't say when.
This isn't an Earl Schieb job.

I don't trust the headlines at The Hill. They sometimes recycle news with a new clickbait headline.
I want to see a second report before I crank up my outrage machine.

[raccoon]

14. A different circus every day. Rd

[orangecrush]

15. Here's why

"The iconic robin's egg blue and white design of Air Force One,, featuring "United States of America" in Caslon font, was initiated in 1962 during President John F. Kennedy's administration. Designed by industrial designer Raymond Loewy, the scheme replaced a previously "garish" orange-nosed military look to project a more dignified, diplomatic image."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One

And that was the paint job for 6 decades.

Just like Kennedy Center

Smearing his shit on everything.

[Botany]

19. And just like Jackie Kennedy's rose garden and White House Landscaping she had really good people

do the design with craftsmen doing work on the project. Air Force 1’s color scheme and design are
timeless and tasteful that do not need a man so bereft of taste that he can have any food in the world
but he likes well done strip steaks with ketchup, Big Macs, Filet of Fish sandwiches, and KFC crap.

[surfered]

17. This?

[Bettie]

20. Maybe they should paint a

Captain America shield on the bottom, over the fuel tanks, since they want to be easily seen.

[twodogsbarking]

21. I am colorblind but I know crazy when I see it.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

23. This is by far among the least offensive and controversial things he has done so far...

Airliners like AF1s are typically repainted every 7 to 10 years anyway to allow for thorough inspection for hidden structural corrosion, etc. And, given the nature of AF1s they could be repainted at a shorter interval.

So, in the 6 decades of flying the iconic Kennedy-era colors we can guess they have been repainted 8 or more times.

Painting a Boeing 747 typically costs between $175,000 and $300,000 depending on the scheme, so it is not probably a crazy expense compared to the between $20,000 and $40,000 per hour they typically require to operate.

At the end of the world, one of the very last things we will care about is the paint scheme of AF1--and it is guaranteed to be but a tiny footnote in the list of things he will be remembered for.....

[KPN]

27. I have to say, that is very objective of you. You are clearly a bigger person than I.

Me? .... I don't to give a rat's F about being objective with this asshole!

He deserves zero impartiality at this point in my book.

[republianmushroom]

24. T*** Pink ?

[Traildogbob]

26. Solid red with

White lettering. Trumps name will be prominently visible.
I fucking hate everything red.
The color should be banned like the books they hate.
Those prices seem reasonable. But he will give the contract to a billionaire bro and pay millions of our taxes to butter up another Epi Pal.
Some say.

[Bluestocking]

32. I thought having a blue underbelly was not safe?