Thank you for a great live event. HRG, one of the most humble and gifted journalist out there. Perhaps it was just me but Maya seemed surprised and sometimes disappointed with HRG’s answers to her questions.
A couple of observations, the Qatar proposed gift has been so incorrectly reported that the outrage is somewhat absurd. Not just my …
Thank you for a great live event. HRG, one of the most humble and gifted journalist out there. Perhaps it was just me but Maya seemed surprised and sometimes disappointed with HRG’s answers to her questions.
A couple of observations, the Qatar proposed gift has been so incorrectly reported that the outrage is somewhat absurd. Not just my opinion. The negotiations for a newer 747 model were started under previous Administration. Here’s a quick take from someone in the know about AF-1.
From Buzz Patterson
“I’m going to try one last time.
The Qatar B-747 was built in the US by Boeing. They are offering a newer 747 to replace one of the two current AF-1s that have been flying for 40 years. Which are tired and need to be replaced. The wing based at Andrews has also purchased aircraft from other countries in the past which are currently flying our VP and senior government officials. This is NOT new.
Qatar is offering the jet to the US military, not Donald Trump. The DOD contractor is based in the US, in fact my dad (a retired Air Force general) used to work for them. They are, not unironically, also working to upgrade the FAA technology as we speak. You know, Newark and elsewhere. They will get the aircraft and perform all of the security and the installation of the systems that AF-1 requires to safely move our president around the world. Not the Qatari’s. And you and I will pay for that but not the $400 million the 747 would normally cost. I could tell you exactly what is required to modify the AF-1 for safe flight but that is Top Secret and I’d have to kill you.
This AF-1 will serve the sitting president, whether they be Republican or Democrat until Boeing gets their shit together to complete the new, upcoming improved 747s that started under Obama, was renegotiated under Trump, and was completely ignored by the Biden administration. It’s looking like 2029 to 2030 for delivery at the soonest.
I love X but sometimes the “sky is falling” conspiracy crap grows tiresome. A little knowledge goes a long way. Having flown on the current AF-1s 100 hundred times, I have intimate knowledge.
Now, come at me about “chemtrails.” 🤣”
It was totally new info to learn that the intellectual grandfathers of the Muslim Brotherhood tried to find some reconciliation between liberal democracy and I gather some obscure suras. I know that there are 10s of millions of Muslims looking forward to peace with Israel. They happen to live in Iran. As for how Trump feels about the “Palestinians” (nee Levant Arabs), he called Schumer one, and not for the first time. It was not meant as a compliment.
Only solution to Iran question is Libya option. Trump and team have stated this numerous times. And one has to believe that there’s an IRCG faction willing to abandon enrichment in order to stay in power. Khamenei & team prefer to meet their 72 virgins. It would not surprise me to see him leave the scene - naturally or not.
You have left out the part where the plane gets passed on to the "Trump Library" at the end of Trump's administration. So Trump will be getting a luxury plane upgraded even further by the U.S., that will be at his disposal, and no longer owned by the U.S. military.
Thank you for a great live event. HRG, one of the most humble and gifted journalist out there. Perhaps it was just me but Maya seemed surprised and sometimes disappointed with HRG’s answers to her questions.
A couple of observations, the Qatar proposed gift has been so incorrectly reported that the outrage is somewhat absurd. Not just my opinion. The negotiations for a newer 747 model were started under previous Administration. Here’s a quick take from someone in the know about AF-1.
From Buzz Patterson
“I’m going to try one last time.
The Qatar B-747 was built in the US by Boeing. They are offering a newer 747 to replace one of the two current AF-1s that have been flying for 40 years. Which are tired and need to be replaced. The wing based at Andrews has also purchased aircraft from other countries in the past which are currently flying our VP and senior government officials. This is NOT new.
Qatar is offering the jet to the US military, not Donald Trump. The DOD contractor is based in the US, in fact my dad (a retired Air Force general) used to work for them. They are, not unironically, also working to upgrade the FAA technology as we speak. You know, Newark and elsewhere. They will get the aircraft and perform all of the security and the installation of the systems that AF-1 requires to safely move our president around the world. Not the Qatari’s. And you and I will pay for that but not the $400 million the 747 would normally cost. I could tell you exactly what is required to modify the AF-1 for safe flight but that is Top Secret and I’d have to kill you.
This AF-1 will serve the sitting president, whether they be Republican or Democrat until Boeing gets their shit together to complete the new, upcoming improved 747s that started under Obama, was renegotiated under Trump, and was completely ignored by the Biden administration. It’s looking like 2029 to 2030 for delivery at the soonest.
I love X but sometimes the “sky is falling” conspiracy crap grows tiresome. A little knowledge goes a long way. Having flown on the current AF-1s 100 hundred times, I have intimate knowledge.
Now, come at me about “chemtrails.” 🤣”
It was totally new info to learn that the intellectual grandfathers of the Muslim Brotherhood tried to find some reconciliation between liberal democracy and I gather some obscure suras. I know that there are 10s of millions of Muslims looking forward to peace with Israel. They happen to live in Iran. As for how Trump feels about the “Palestinians” (nee Levant Arabs), he called Schumer one, and not for the first time. It was not meant as a compliment.
Only solution to Iran question is Libya option. Trump and team have stated this numerous times. And one has to believe that there’s an IRCG faction willing to abandon enrichment in order to stay in power. Khamenei & team prefer to meet their 72 virgins. It would not surprise me to see him leave the scene - naturally or not.
Thanks again for the excellent content.
You have left out the part where the plane gets passed on to the "Trump Library" at the end of Trump's administration. So Trump will be getting a luxury plane upgraded even further by the U.S., that will be at his disposal, and no longer owned by the U.S. military.
The plane if accepted and modified will serve as AF-1 for Vance/Rubio Admin through 2028 to 2036. 😉