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Qatarâs $400M jet for Trump is a gold-plated security nightmare
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Assuming Grift Force One would be kitted out to match the current presidential VC-25s,
âIt wouldnât be in the air before 2030 at the earliest, long after heâs left office and probably later than the existing planned replacements,â said [Richard] Aboulafia [managing director of aircraft consultancy AeroDynamic Advisory]. âIt makes no sense on any level, except that he wants a free 747 for himself. Nothing else makes any sense.â
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âWhatâs sort of annoying about the whole thing is Iâm not sure whatâs wrong with the current Air Force One,â Aboulafia said. âMaybe if they gave it a gold makeover, heâd like it more.â
The creek got dirtier. Team Giardia for the win?
But vaccine experts are mystified by its focus on a dated technology
Mystifying, eh? I knew before even reading the story that someone linked to Trump will make a lot of money off this.
Memoli was recently named as the principal deputy director of the NIH after serving as Trumpâs acting NIH director. Taubenberger was recently named acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Taubenberger holds a patent on the technology.
Well, look at that!
Choo choo, all aboard the grift train!
When making the âwhat about Hunter Bidenâ comparison on CNN last night, one of the Trump simps said oh what the Trump kids are doing is fine because they are building towers and such contributing to society. Such bullshit.
Huh. That didnât take long.
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Some actual quotes from that meet-up:
Boldly calling him out, asking how he sleeps at night after the crimes heâs committed, and doing it to his face in front of an audience? Who would have thoughtâŚ
Never mind, the sleep thing was just praising him as being a workaholic.
The only way I can read that is âIf I didnât like him Iâd run away because heâs a cold-blooded murderer, but heâs my kind of murderer, so weâre cool!
I know itâs just a joke from the Onion, but no one made Carter do that. He did it voluntarily to avoid even a potential problem. Although technically, he didnât sell the farm. He put it in a blind trust. Trump, on the other hand, put his company in a revocable trust. The difference is that the terms of a blind trust are set when the trust is created, and Carter couldnât have taken the farm out of trust while he was President, even if he had wanted to. A revocable trust can be terminated at any time by the owner.
Carterâs farm also wasnât exactly making him a ton of money. After he left office, he did sell it because he was a million dollars in debt on it. Which actually illustrates why itâs so important for a President to either divest themselves of businesses like that, or put them in a blind trust. If your business is in debt, and someone offers to bail you out, and youâre the President? Problematic. And Trumpâs businesses have declared bankruptcy six times. While I doubt his current business is in debt, it could be. Who would know? Itâs not a public corporation and he doesnât disclose shit.
Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration
Weird. Suddenly due process is important again?
Itâs the administrations approach to the law in general; it depends on who it is being levied against.
