I see what you’re saying. His profit isn’t her profit.
Avoiding the argument of who is profiting out of being a President…
Hillary and the pay to play -
Sounds like profit (and a lot of other things) to me.
Not you?
They profited AFTER their time in office not DURING their time in office.
Why would you want to avoid that?
Politifact.
Lots of innuendo in your link, no proof. Got any?
I didn’t think I did.
I must be lost then. Proof of what? That Hillary and Bill made a fortune out of the Presidency?
I don’t know what you’re asking.
2 volts, 1 watt? Since Trump supporters have a high resistance to logic, those values don’t add up!
I don’t know the specific issue you’re referencing, but the president’s helicopters are manned by the Marine Corps. When he is aboard one, that helicopter uses the call sign “Marine One.” Any Air Force plane he is on (not just the specific and customized ones under discussion) will use the callsign “Air Force One”. If he’s ever aboard an Army or Navy aircraft, that aircraft will use the callsign “Army One” or “Navy One.” The one time in recent history a president flew on a commercial aircraft, it used the callsign “Executive One.”
Less formally, the presidential limo is sometimes called “Cadillac One”, but this is just a nickname.
Anyway, since the “real” Air Force One needs to be capable of being a flying command center in the event of war, I can understand why the price tag is pretty hefty. No real surprise that Trump, who thinks nukes are just regular bombs but awesomer, is clueless on this.
I was referring to this - President Obama Once Expressed Concern About Marine One Costs - ABC News
Same thing Trump’s doing now.
From your link.
So he consulted an expert on the situation and made an informed decision. Unlike Trump’s SOP of pulling non-facts out of his ass.
Just so you know, the current AF1 is 25 years old, is the last (two actually) of it’s model flying and spare parts are increasingly scarce.
Somehow I trust Obama’s numbers and the maturity of his approach to the issue… more.
Its that mature touch of grey at his temples, rather than electric orange.
In a Fiscal Responsibility Summit, Obama took a question from Senator McCain about the cost of Marine One. Obama replied that he shared the Senator’s concern, that he had been working with the Secretary of Defense, and that the program was being reviewed. The program was later modified.
Donald Trump tweeted about it. And had his facts wrong.
Totally the same thing.
Okay, I’ll give him credit for something; speaking to the President of Taiwan.
A practically harmless act that signals to a significant rival that “we do what we like and we don’t have to ask your permission who to talk to.” He didn’t technically violate the One China principle, but showed a degree of resolve and principle in speaking to the only Chinese head of state who was actually elected.
The gasping over the alleged stupidity of his move is, IMHO, totally wrong. “We should do it this way 'cause we always have” is not a a strategy. Showing resolve and strength in a peaceful manner is a good thing - indeed, it’s precisely what Trump is NOT doing regarding Russia, and people are rightly ripping him for that.
Was the call a wise, principled move meant to show resolve to the mainland Chinese government? Or was the call made at the prompting of Bob Dole, who worked as a lobbyist for the Taiwan government over the past six months to arrange the call, as The New York Times reported?
Whether the call was “practically harmless” remains to be seen.
Apparently, you’re unfamiliar with the concepts of ego and narcissism.
Come on. Seriously? Instead of relying on an advisor he says what he thinks himself that the President before him thought as well. That is, that the spending doesn’t seem right when looking at the raw numbers. On the surface it looks excessive.
I welcome the look at contracts like that. Like Obama seemed to do initially.
But since there’s the tiniest difference that you can criticize, you criticize. You’re as worse as the people on the extreme right that you criticize constantly.
Hypocrisy.
You can back that statement up?
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You’re a lazy, basement dwelling asshole. Are you really that deficient in brains
that you can’t look it up rather than be made to look the fool you are? -
Here’s a cite for the chronically idiotic.
How old are you again? Because that’s some serious childish nonsense.
You’re so narrow minded, singly focused on smearing the Republican that you can’t see the point I was making - it’s not that AF-1 needs to be updated, it’s that you take exception to the Pres nominee’s criticism of the expense. As if it’s the single most stupid thing a person in his position has done.
Obama before him said the same thing in regards to a different AF1 M1.
Fuck man, try and see a version outside you’re paranoid partizan nonsense.
Trump has no idea what the cost is. Neither does anyone else other than the GAO. The whole thing is at a very preliminary stage. Boeing has received 170 million for design and specs.
Trump exaggerated the cost. And I’m sure he has no understanding of what it takes to convert an airliner into the Flying White House.
Standard practice for Trump.
Run with that. I’m sure it’s going to be a winning strategy.
Please do.
When it comes to gentle persuasion and cordial dialogue, you are ever our lodestone, our guiding light.