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https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/11/donald-trump-relegated-cessna-private-jet-post-presidency/
Flying Like Average CEO
*'s taking to the friendly skies in a not-so-friendly plane for someone who was the most powerful man on Earth a couple months ago ... a jet so compact he can't stand up in it!!!
Trump was recently seen in NYC taking a few short steps into what appears to be a Cessna Citation X ... a super-midsize jet that's the envy of all social media influencers but a basic bird for your average CEO. The jet's reportedly a 1997 model registered to the Trump Org.
It's one helluva downgrade for the ex-Commander-in-Chief ... who for 4 years enjoyed all the luxury Air Force One had to offer. ....
It's unclear why he opted for the 8-seater ... which forces him to bend down his 6-foot-3 frame while inside a cabin with a 5-foot-7 height. There's no red carpet either.
Hey, it could be worse ... just ask ex-VP Mike Pence.
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AZ8theist
(5,477 posts)Maybe with his ridiculous lifts....
Also, he's 320 pounds if he's an ounce.
What a narcissistic asshole.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)And, 320 is generous. I'm betting he's closer to 350, if not more.
rsdsharp
(9,186 posts)with one engine off, and its registration hadnt been renewed. But it probably costs less per flight hour to fly the Citation, so. . .
Brother Buzz
(36,446 posts)rsdsharp
(9,186 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Upkeep on any aircraft is costly, and since Needy Amin probably isn't going to do much traveling in the foreseeable future that isn't paid for by someone else, chartering the Citation would make economic sense.
LearnedHand
(3,389 posts)royable
(1,264 posts)Me too!
rsdsharp
(9,186 posts)jmowreader
(50,560 posts)JPATS, the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transport Service, is the US Marshals Service airline for federal prisoners, state prisoners being flown under contract with the government, and non-US nationals in the country illegally.
Blue Owl
(50,443 posts)They better make sure Fat Donnies strapped in or that rapidly shifting pantload could cause the plane to crash
Initech
(100,083 posts)I'm guessing that Donny is too cheap to pay the long-term storage fees on it, so it will probably end up in the airplane graveyard at Victorville or Yuma.
RainCaster
(10,889 posts)Nobody will buy that from him. Some bank will have to eat the loss.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I won't tell you about the thousands of sick fantasies I used to have about the Former Guy's demise, but I'm obviously still at it.