On Sunday, David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt of the New York Times reported that the price tag for renovating the “free” Boeing 747-8 President Donald J. Trump accepted from Qatar appears to be close to a billion dollars of taxpayer money. The reporters explored a “mysterious, $934 million transfer of funds” from a program to modernize the country’s ground-based nuclear missiles to an unnamed classified project. Air Force officials told them privately that the transfer is for upgrading the plane for use as Air Force One.

Yale historian Joanne Freeman posted: “He’s using our money to buy himself a gift. A billion dollar gift.”

I'm wondering whether the next president might need a newly minted Air Force One rather than transfer this one for Trump's future use with the expenses and maintenance paid for by his library.

Jeff

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