When it comes to his Air Force One jetliner, President Donald Trump is suffering from some serious fuselage envy these days.
It seems that wherever he flies, his aging Boeing 747 comes up short compared to newer, bigger, flashier planes flown by lesser heads of state.
“Compared to the new plane of the equivalent stature … it’s not even the same ballgame,” Trump said last month. “You look at some of the Arab countries and the planes they have parked alongside of the United States of America plane, it’s like from a different planet.”
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During his first term, Trump thought he pulled off a genius deal by convincing Boeing to sell the Air Force two brand-new 747s that were destined for a bankrupt Russian airline to
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