RETROFITTING for Little Lord Lardass' Flying Qatar Cat House "could soar into the the tens or even hundreds of millions"

[Miles Archer]

“This gift could become a very expensive asset to own and operate,” former Air Force acquisitions chief Andrew Hunter told the publication.

Hunter added that the estimated retrofitting alone could soar into the “the tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars.” That’s not including the “significant cost” of sweeping the plane for foreign software or tech, which he said is “not a trivial thing to do.”

“That alone would cost tens of millions of dollars,” Hunter told Politico. And former Air Force officials and lawmakers say that taxpayers would be on the hook for the “expensive and complicated prospect.”

While Democrats like Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) have raised ethical concerns over Trump accepting the plane – he called the deal “a corrupt bargain” – the president has dismissed the criticism. He called Democrats “world class losers” and described the plane as a “great gesture from Qatar.”

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-air-force-one-2671938851/

[Tarzanrock]

1. What a shame that the "office wife," Hope Hicks ...

isn't around for this round of "grifting." Flying on the "Palace in the Sky" seems appropriate for someone "given" a prime apartment in the Turd Tower.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump wants this to be his life long AF One paid for by the US taxpayer for the rest of his life.

Then it belongs to the Trump Library and taxpayers still on the hook after his death?

[Midnight Writer]

3. That sounds like a lot of money, but when your client insists on gold toilets....

[Irish_Dem]

4. It will be a huge cost.

[Granny Blue]

5. Why should the US taxpayer pay to retrofit the plane?

Let the malignant moron fly on it as is! He has a perfectly servicable Air Force 1 with all the bells, lights, and whistles. He is free to choose which plane he wants to use. If he wants to trip around in the airborne bordello, he can pay for the retrofitting homself, or simply fly it as is. His “gift” from Qatar puts no obligation on the US taxpayer. if I am wrong, please explain this to me. I don’t understand why we have any obligation to put one red cent into this boondoggle!

[Tarzanrock]

6. Name it the "Albatross" after Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem.

May the "Ablatross" plane forever be identified with the Turd-Asshole.
May it forever hang around the Turd-Asshole's neck.