The retirement of the 35-year-old Air Force One and its replacement with a $400 million Qatar-gifted VC-25B aircraft has sparked significant political controversy, with Democrats labeling it 'naked corruption' and 'unconstitutional' while Republicans defend it as a necessary upgrade for the largest Air Force One ever built, featuring advanced Starlink communication systems and nearly unlimited fuel capacity.
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Democrats FURIOUS After Trump TRADED Air Force One For $400 Million Plane
Added:[music] >> Ladies and gentlemen, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
>> [music] [music] [music] >> The iconic presidential aircraft.
[music] White House Communications Director Steven Cheung tweeting, "Well done, good and faithful servant. The last [music] ride." And Dan Scavino writing, quote, "I have been fortunate to fly around the world on this iconic plane for 5 [music] and 1/2 years of the 35 years it has been serving as uh US president. Thank you." This comes amid reports that White White House officials [music] have had discussions uh with the idea of making Trump's planned July 3rd trip to [music] Mount Rushmore his first flight on the new Air Force One. How about that?
>> All right, folks. So, today marks the end of an era. Definitely a very bittersweet moment as President Donald Trump has just announced the retirement of that legendary 747 aircraft that served as Air Force One for almost 35 years now. And I will say he made a major upgrade, traded in for a $400 Qatar gifted plane. The VC-25B Bridge aircraft has officially arrived at Joint Base Andrews. And I will say this thing is a massive looking very sturdy and beefy. Uh I think this is a long overdue. And you guys have to see this. When Trump actually announced some of the specs of this new aircraft, and it actually broke records.
>> Our pilots, designers, and engineers prepared an aircraft that is the largest Air Force One ever built.
It flies further and faster than any Air Force One. Those are the giant engines.
Those are incredible engines.
Far It's It's the fastest, flies further. You don't have to stop for fuel every few hours. You You maybe will never have to stop for fuel. It's got They call it unlimited, well, it's pretty close to unlimited. And which is among the most beautiful aircrafts the Air Force will ever see or operate. You'll never have this opportunity again, and I want to thank everybody involved, including Tamim.
But every man and woman here today should be incredibly proud of what we've all achieved, because this is a representative of our country. Now, when we land at airports in London and in Germany and different places, nobody tops this one, and that's the way we have to have it for our country.
Nobody even comes close.
>> You guys heard the man, nothing even comes close to comparing to this new Air Force One plane for President Trump. He says it's the largest ever built in presidential history for the United States. It flies further and a faster, he's saying it's almost unlimited in its fuel capacities. You You really just love to hear it. Now, this next feature that I'm going to show you is sure to trigger the liberals as President Donald Trump announced that he has partnered up with Elon to use Starlink.
>> a more appropriate look.
But this plane is the first successful example of a real transformation of of something that was built at the highest level and now had to be changed a little bit.
We have equipment up there that's nobody's ever seen before. It's the highest level.
And including Starlink, my friend Leon My friend Elon is going to be very happy.
But Starlink and we have four or five different sets of double and triple communications like people haven't seen, and it represents what can happen with hard work, innovation, and aggressive timeline.
>> I'm sure the liberals won't be happy with this one, President Donald Trump letting us know that the communication is state-of-the-art, never seen before, partnered up with Starlink in order to have triple A and double communication all the way from flight to flight on this new Air Force One. And guys, I I will never forget when this was first announced that Trump was gifted this plane by the Qataris. Uh how much that triggered those on the left last year with some like Chuck Schumer even calling this a naked corruption.
>> Now this weekend, we got news that President Trump will be accepting almost half he will be accepting almost a half a billion-dollar jet from the Qatari government.
This just isn't naked corruption, it's also a national security threat.
>> I'll tell you what, guys, they lose their mind on the left over every single move that President Donald Trump makes.
We just seen how they felt about the reflecting pool. President Donald Trump simply cleaning up DC, making it beautiful, making it great again. They were throwing a fit over that, so I'm not surprised to see that they were so upset about this gift, but they didn't stop there. The Dems took it to the next level, even trying to block President Trump's DOJ appointments over this gift.
>> Well, France gave us the Statue of Liberty, didn't it?
>> Is that the same thing?
>> But they gave us the Statue of Liberty.
Was that legal? I I don't know what the law is.
>> There are lots of lots of issues around that that I think will attract uh very serious questions if and when it happens.
>> Congress, by the way, approved the gift of the Statue of Liberty. Anyway, Republicans have yet to reach, as you saw, a consensus on Donald Trump's plans to accept a $400 million jet as a gift from Qatar, but Democrats sure know what to call it, corruption. Earlier today, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that he would place a hold on all political appointments at the Department of Justice until the Trump administration addresses key national security concerns.
>> Last year we've seen record levels of that TDS Trump derangement syndrome from the Democrats. Chuck Schumer going to great lengths in order to try to stop President Donald Trump from receiving this gift from the Qataris and we're not forgetting about Hakeem Jeffries either.
Can't let that slide. This guy was also amongst the folks that were calling this unconstitutional.
This gift should have never happened.
>> Well, Congressman uh Jamie Raskin has been very clear on this issue as it relates to the Constitution. A $400 [snorts] million flying palace is an unconstitutional gift to this president or any president if it is not explicitly approved by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
That's what the Constitution explicitly makes clear.
There's no way around it as far as we're concerned.
And so the president presumably is going to take that next step and seek congressional authority which I believe we will clearly and decisively reject.
It's an embarrassment.
Literally millions of people in this country are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck.
Can't afford housing. Can't afford groceries. Can't afford to pay their utility bills. Can't afford child care.
Can't afford insurance.
And Donald Trump is publicly defending accepting a $400 million flying palace from a close ally of Iran and Hamas?
I mean, you can't make this stuff up.
>> I swear it is so hard for me to keep it together watching Hakeem Jeffries and him desperately attempting to stay relevant off of President Donald Trump's name. This is all last year, all this year. We see Hakeem Jeffries every time that he gets in front of that podium. He has something to say about President Donald Trump. Why don't they just give it up? Because we all know the facts of the matter. The reality of this situation is that it was long overdue.
We needed a new Air Force One. That's it.
>> This is a brand new hangar because as you probably have learned, uh these planes are much bigger. The other plane was about 35 years old.
And it was time and president of the United States, numerous of them, would land and they'd be standing next to one of the new 747s and uh the biggest difference is the difference in size. It's like virtually double the size.
And it actually on a runway it looks even more so and I said to myself, you know, these countries they have a lot of respect for us, a lot. And yet they have a a plane that's much better and much newer. It's a little ridiculous out there.
And we have our signal and we have our beautiful American flag and we put the wave in it as you know. We've always gone with the straight little noodle and I never loved that.
Now we have a wavy beautiful flag. We're waving it proudly cuz our country is doing so well.
Our country is doing so well.
>> And that's just the bottom line here.
The facts of the matter is this plane was very old, 35 years in service. I think it's time for an upgrade. We're speaking about a plane, Air Force One for the President of the United States of America. Of course we'd want him in the newest and the best plane. I don't understand why it's taking so long to get here in the first place. And this had to come as a gift, but you already know, even despite hearing all of this from President Donald Trump, seeing the facts behind the situation, the left will just never be happy. They're never going to be satisfied with anything that President Donald Trump does. Actually took a couple of posts from Twitter that I've seen of liberals on the left absolutely losing it over this new Air Force One. So, we have George here on X.
He's tweeted out in response to Trump's new Air Force One saying Trump is owned by Qatar, and Israel, and Russia, and Saudi Arabia. And America has a national security issue, and the Trump is it.
Like Like get a grip. Someone actually responded and said, "TDS much?"
And this guy, George, responded saying TDS is a MAGA affliction. I I really just You can't make it up with these folks.
This is Trump Derangement Syndrome to the maximum degree. And it didn't stop there. We have even more. This is Lynette here on X tweeting out saying the commander-in-chief has lost the trust, love, and respect from millions and millions that he betrayed. So, we don't care anymore what he does or what he says. And then she adds a little smirky face so that she looks cool on the end, but honestly, she just looks like a complete a complete loser. I mean, if President Donald Trump's happy, I'm happy with it, too. It's not like we'll ever be riding in the plane. It's not like it came out of our pocket. So, I don't understand why everyone's so upset about the thing. Like it's it's a gift. Come on. Then Dr. DD here says it was supplied by Qatar. Sadly, it's free, but they seem to have influence over Trump.
And our friend here, uh Laurison, said, "How? Tell us how they have influence. I really would love to know. It just doesn't make sense." And last, but certainly not least, we have the Betsy Rambo here making a complete embarrassment out of herself by saying that that plane is a complete embarrassment. Says, "I hope the new one has superior paint job." And I'm not sure if she's speaking about the old Air Force One being an embarrassment for being in service for 35 years without a new paint job or she's talking about this new plane with the patriotic colors of red, white, and navy blue. I just don't get it. Let me know. Yo, there we have you guys. Oh my goodness. I thought I'd provide a quick snapshot and overview of the outrage from the left.
They were losing it last year when this was initially announced. Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries was unable to contain themselves, even trying to strike down Trump's DOJ appointments because he received a gift, a gifted plane. Make it make sense. And we're already seeing the liberal storm brewing up here in this uh new announcement of Air Force One being completely upgraded, doubled in size entirely, absolutely new capabilities, uh new defense mechanisms.
You really just got to enjoy it. I mean, America's getting a complete upgrade. I don't understand how these folks are still losing it, but this is just the beginning. I found a couple of instances on X where folks were not able to contain their anger with President Donald Trump in this new gift that he's now turned into Air Force One a year later. And I I don't think this is going to be the end. There's going to be so many more. I wouldn't be surprised to see Chuck Schumer coming out again a year later, Hakeem Jeffries coming out again this year saying more and trashing Trump about why he shouldn't have accepted the gift and how this is unconstitutional.
Well, guys, I'll continue to follow any updates to come on this one, but now's the time. I want you all to hop in that comment section and let me know how you guys are feeling about this one. Was this gift the right move to make for President Donald Trump accepting it or was it the wrong move? And let me know why you guys are feeling this way. And before you get out of here today, if you could, please, please, please hit that like button, hit that subscribe button.
If you do enjoy more content like this, catch you guys on the next one. Peace.
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