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The President of the United States bragged about his new Air Force One plane. It was a damn near $400 million gift from the government of Qatar. The president was told by the U.S. Secret Service, the vice president and several Republicans about the optics.
President Donald J. Trump has a job approval of 29%.
Vice President JD Vance has a job approval of 34%.
Congress has a job approval of 23%.
Supreme Court has a job approval of 29%.
The junk food media in general is viewed negatively more by Republicans but is starting to be viewed negatively by Democrats.
Israel is viewed very negatively by Democrats overwhelmingly. In the Republican Party, younger voters view Israel extremely negative. Older and religious Republicans view Israel still favorably. Democratic lawmakers like Haley Stevens, Chuck Schumer, Jared Moskowitz, Josh Gottheimer, Angie Craig, Ritchie Torres, Tom Suozzi, Laura Gillen, Hakeem Jeffries and even independent John Fetterman still back Israel despite opposition.
The war in Iran is very unpopular. The aggression has led to high gas prices, high food prices, high shipping costs, high insurance premiums and global instability.
Trump flew out of Turkey on Wednesday night on the old Air Force One instead of his new Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 as a security precaution related to the resumption of hostilities with Iran, according to people briefed on the plans, who said the change came at the urging of the Secret Service.
The swap deepens questions about whether the new plane, which the president had pressed to be ready as soon as possible, was retrofitted with sufficient security measures over the last year. Lawmakers and some officials have raised concerns about whether the expedited timeline allowed for the addition of an advanced missile defense system and other modifications used to protect the president.
In a statement, Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, said that “the new Air Force One is a state-of-the-art aircraft that has been fitted with high-level security protocols that ensure the safety of the president and his staff.”
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“As the president has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal — including distraction and misdirection — to address those threats,” he added.
The older plane has been widely reported to be equipped with a system designed to blind an incoming antiaircraft missile, along with “chaff” that could be deployed to mislead a missile and force it off course.
It is unclear how many, if any, of those capabilities have been installed on the newer plane that was donated from Qatar, which Trump has been eager to get into service.
Industry and Pentagon officials have said such an extensive upgrade could cost as much as $1 billion and take up to two years to complete. But in testimony before Congress, Troy E. Meink, the Air Force secretary, estimated that the modifications would run “probably less than $400 million.”
The Air Force started upgrading the 747 jetliner in the United States last summer.
Air Force officials said at the time that they were modifying the jet for “executive airlift” support, on orders of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but that all other details about the upgrade were classified.
The plan immediately drew criticism from some members of Congress. The lawmakers expressed concern that Trump would pressure the Air Force to do the work so fast that sufficient security measures would not be built into the plane, including missile defense systems or even systems to protect it from the electromagnetic effects of a nuclear blast.
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