If Qatar wants to gift an "Air Force One" type 747 to Trump, why don't they just pony up $200M to $400M as a payment to Boeing to elevate the current AF1 project on a 24/7 high priority / early delivery bonus / guaranteed delivery by (some date) / penalty if late status. Boeing can use the $200M to hire more workers onto 3 shifts and not have to cut corners or testing. With $400 M, they can build a dedicated hangar and support systems to expedite a new AF1 with no foreign tampering.
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The US gets the originally requested AF1 (based on the 747-200 already in progress); Qatar picks up the "expedited processing" tab. Done. Over.
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I read someplace about the age of the 747-8 Qatar is offering as a gift. I cannot find the info using google right now. One story claimed that the "Palace of the Sky" 747-8 is more than 10 years old. (The 747-8s entered service in 2010.)
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Qatar can cough up $1B (cash) to pay Boeing for an EXPEDITED new AF1 based on a 747-8 or any other model of the Air Force / DoD's choice.
Posted By: willywonka4u
Re: Quite frankly I wouldn't trust it.
Like we're too broke to buy a plane from our own companies?
Trump used an analogy to justify his desire to accept the "Palace of the Sky." He mentioned Sammy Snead, a famous pro golfer.
http://www.youtube.com/shorts/fdK8TesZXaQ "... He had a motto. When they give you a putt, you say, "Thank you very much." You pick up your ball and you walk to the next hole. A lot of people are stupid. They say, "No, no, I insist on putting it." Then they putt it and they miss it and their partner gets angry at them."
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WHO DOES THE "GIMME" BENEFIT? Snead! If Snead can't make the putt (EARN the putt), does he deserve to win? "Who" is offering Snead the hole? A business man hoping to do some kind of deal (product endorsement?) with Snead? Is there a quid pro quo? Is the gimme a 2-inch tap in or a 16-footer off of the apron or a 30-footer out of the rough? Or is it some other emolument worth $400 M?
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Is everyone else in the competition going to get a gimme like that?
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Trump says that this Christmas, girls can't have 20 or 30 dolls, they can only have 2 dolls. Too bad for them. But Trump can have $400M 747. Why doesn't Trump ask Qatar to donate $400M worth of gifts (dolls, toys, clothing, books ...) to agencies that will distribute them to kids who don't have gold toilets in their homes.
