Free is always the most expensive option

[RainCaster]

My background includes several decades owning sailboats of various sizes and vintages. One thing often stated in many different ways is that the most expensive boat is the one that's free.

Somebody needs to explain this to TSF in the context of a jumbo jet. That free jet will cost over $1B to make it work right and it could take many years to do all the refurb work.

[Skittles]

1. Trump would not fucking care

he doesn't give a DAMN about taxpayers - look how often that fascist fuck is golfing

[crud]

2. Let him fly around in it...

it's not like he has any sense of national security. I wouldn't want him calling the shots from Air Force one during a nuclear holocaust. Doesn't matter if the Russians or anyone is bugging his phone, because he's blabbing to them already. Who needs the anti missile defenses, let him fuck off and go down in flames.

[crud]

3. and another thing...

if the asshole doesn't think the taxpayers Air Force One isn't good enough...Fuck off some more. We'll ground your criminal ass.

[Norrrm]

4. Freebies

Am I the last to know? The Qatar jet offered to Trump turns out to be an item unsuccessfully for sale since 2020. The "gift" is not only a Trump grift, but also an attempted scam on the US taxpayer, who will assume costs the owners no longer wish to pay. - David Frum
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