• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    In case you didn’t know.

    The plane isn’t some special gift the Qataris built special for Donnie.

    It’s a white elephant they’ve been trying to unload for years.

    It’s like a fat guy giving the pizza kid the old bike he hasn’t ridden since he got over the DUI restrictions.

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      Trump also asked for it. Before it was offered. So he literally asked for this bribe…

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        Trump could have just called the Saudis on Inauguration Day 2016 and told them his Swiss Bank. He’d have had more money and could have just watched TV for eight years. Greedy and not bright.

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      Additionally, the “fat guy” very likely loaded the “bike” with surveillance-ware and surveillance gadgetry before giving the “pizza kid” the “bike”…

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        Additionally, the “fat guy” very likely loaded the “bike” with surveillance-ware and surveillance gadgetry before giving the “pizza kid” the “bike”…

        Certainly loaded the bike with surveillance as did all the fat guy’s friends and some of their enemies too.

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        Nah, they don’t have to. Trump is so simple minded, and predictable, they can predict at very high certainty what he’ll do.

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      See, that’s the icing on the cake.

      Dummy Donny was raised so rich that he doesn’t know the actual value of anything, and he’s so needy from his narcissism, that any “appropriate” gift can manipulate him. Qatar knows this. The entire world knows this. But, they’ll get big favors for it, favors that actually matter. They win.

      Trump sees it as Tribute, and it is, sadly. And he’ll return a favor for Qatar. For something the couldn’t unload before. But, they’ll come out much better on the exchange.

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          That’s a bit unfair…you have not mentioned the many other failed businesses that didn’t end in bankruptcy!!

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        Sadly, the Air Force has to rebuild it so it can serve as a Presidential plane. That means the ‘gift’ will cost the taxpayers more than just building a new jet would. One of the reasons the emirs needed to get rid of it is that 747s are old tech and there aren’t a lot of mechanics who specialize in them any more.

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        They’ll get favorable treatment when Gaza is carved up between real estate developers.

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      It’s like that bike if it’s also causing the fat guy a ton of money to hold onto.