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UTUSN

(70,714 posts)
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 05:30 PM Mar 2021

Just your average CEO flying in an 8-seater!1



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https://www.tmz.com/2021/03/11/donald-trump-relegated-cessna-private-jet-post-presidency/
FROM AIR FORCE ONE TO THIS TINY JET?!?
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)
1. Six foot three MY ASS
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 05:42 PM
Mar 2021

Maybe with his ridiculous lifts....
Also, he's 320 pounds if he's an ounce.
What a narcissistic asshole.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
9. It floors me that anyone still believes that 6'3" bullshit.
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 06:25 PM
Mar 2021

And, 320 is generous. I'm betting he's closer to 350, if not more.

rsdsharp

(9,186 posts)
2. Last I heard the Trump plane was sitting in a hanger
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 05:50 PM
Mar 2021

with one engine off, and it’s registration hadn’t been renewed. But it probably costs less per flight hour to fly the Citation, so. . .

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. I'd bet a nickel he doesn't own the Citation
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 06:18 PM
Mar 2021

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.

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
17. As long as it says "JPATS" on it, that's fine
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 07:57 PM
Mar 2021

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)
11. Less a Cessna and more a flying Cesspool
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 06:28 PM
Mar 2021

They better make sure Fat Donnie’s strapped in or that rapidly shifting pantload could cause the plane to crash

RainCaster

(10,889 posts)
14. He can't afford maintenance or storage
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 07:33 PM
Mar 2021

Nobody will buy that from him. Some bank will have to eat the loss.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
18. Not Newark (EWR). It is at Newburgh, NY (SWF)
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 09:26 PM
Mar 2021
Sitting at a remote section of the field with engines covered. Note the port side engine has been removed. Rumored to be staying here till the end of Donald Trump's presidency.
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
15. On the bright side, it's also more likely to crash than AF1 as well.
Thu Mar 11, 2021, 07:54 PM
Mar 2021

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.

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