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Miles Archer

(22,513 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 07:28 PM Feb 17

Spend, Spend, Spend, Spend, Spend, Spend...then Spend some more. Trump is unhappy with the Air Force 1 color scheme.

Shortly after returning to the Oval Office for his second term in January 2025, Trump told reporters he planned to revive his long-stalled effort to customize Air Force One after former President Joe Biden scrapped the proposed redesign during Trump’s first term, citing costs and delays.

“We want power blue, not baby blue,” Trump said last year. “Everything has its time and place. We’ll be changing the colors.”

Before Trump’s re-election, one of his advisers told Politico that he would move forward with the change if he returned to office.

“The model was on the coffee table in the Oval Office and he pointed it out many times to foreign and domestic visitors,” the person told the outlet. “He thought it represented America more and represented strength—the red, white, and blue.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-erases-kennedy-history-with-air-force-fleet-makeover/

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Spend, Spend, Spend, Spend, Spend, Spend...then Spend some more. Trump is unhappy with the Air Force 1 color scheme. (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 17 OP
Who cares if it can fly, snot Feb 17 #1
Just because it has the word 'power' in it, and the word 'baby' reminds him of the Trump inflatable. Doodley Feb 17 #2
Is there a color shade called moron blue? It would be perfect. Dave Bowman Feb 17 #3
Using the U.S. Treasury as his personal ATM dalton99a Feb 17 #4
What the hell is "power" blue? GoCubsGo Feb 17 #5
I guess superfluous government spending kwolf68 Feb 17 #6
That color is NOT baby blue. 3catwoman3 Feb 17 #7
Like a dog marking his territory lame54 Feb 17 #8
Makes a better target...No? Totally Tunsie Feb 17 #9

Doodley

(11,827 posts)
2. Just because it has the word 'power' in it, and the word 'baby' reminds him of the Trump inflatable.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 07:52 PM
Feb 17

GoCubsGo

(34,836 posts)
5. What the hell is "power" blue?
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:05 PM
Feb 17

Never heard of that shade. Just more shit that putrid motherfucker pulled out of his ass.

kwolf68

(8,412 posts)
6. I guess superfluous government spending
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:06 PM
Feb 17

Isn't important to Republicans anymore. Recall when they had a bird because Bill Clinton got a haircut.

I really can't stand those people.

3catwoman3

(29,116 posts)
7. That color is NOT baby blue.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:00 PM
Feb 17

It is officially called robin's egg blue.

Leave well enough alone.

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