cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29711221

The Boeing 747-8 being offered to Donald Trump by Qatar once served the Qatari royal family and has been sitting unsold for years.

The jet, a lavishly configured version of Boeing’s largest passenger aircraft, has been lingering without a buyer since being put up for sale in 2020, according to aircraft listings and aviation analysts.

John Goglia, a former member of the National Transportation Safety Board, told Forbes that giving the 747-8 to the U.S. would allow the Qataris to avoid maintenance costs that were only getting higher—with the 747 fleet shrinking worldwide and fewer mechanics available who know how to work on them.

  • Rhaedas
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    353 months ago

    And there is the motive. I did not guess it was a used car salesman.

  • @[email protected]
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    853 months ago

    There are so many things that piss me off about rich people and unused luxuries are at the top of the list.

    There was another story about a $10 million house no one wanted to buy because it was ‘out of style.’

    Empty apartments, rooms full of clothes that were never worn, all kinds of things…

    • @[email protected]
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      63 months ago

      What happens when all the poor people die off, and the rich are just left with their relative wealth to one another trying to understand what wealth actually means in the absence of poverty

    • HobbitFoot
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      433 months ago

      The problem with $10 million homes is that people who buy them can afford to build their own $10 million homes. Because of that, they are worth less than people think.

      • @[email protected]
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        153 months ago

        The story I heard was that at least two people went broke trying to build a super mansion on 10 acres of prime beach front property. The final guy swooped in and brought the half made house so he could resell the land in smaller lots. He got the castle demolished for free by making a deal with a Hollywood studio. The blew the house up for him to make the climax of an action movie. Bad Boys 2 iirc

    • @[email protected]
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      123 months ago

      But imagine a $10million house with an off-white marble kitchen bench top and a khaki splash back. OMG! May as well be a medieval castle! It might even have matt black bathroom fittings! Hello? Was this house on Divine Design?

      • @[email protected]
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        63 months ago

        That’s what happened. The house was designed a few years aback and now no one wants it. God forbid we let homeless folks live there…

  • ivanafterall ☑️
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    343 months ago

    He’s literally excited over a second-hand plane. What a poor person thing to do. Truly the most Salvation Army of Presidents.

    • @[email protected]
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      73 months ago

      Didn’t even bother to build his own White House. Just got it as-is from the previous tenant !

      • Possibly linux
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        43 months ago

        Can you imagine if he did?

        “We’re going to build a new beautiful house. Trump house is what we are calling it. Yeah the Trump house will be grand”

  • @[email protected]
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    143 months ago

    Doesn’t matter, it’s still unconstitutional and unethical for him to take it.

    Articles like this seem to be “bribewashing”. Also articles that pretend the plane is going to be used as Air Force One.

  • @[email protected]
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    103 months ago

    That aircraft will have so many bugs hidden, the Qataris will know every time Orange Foolius cracks a fart.