Donald Trump touts himself as being a great businessman and dealmaker. Well, I guess we all know that's not true and he's a windbag but this latest fiasco is breathtaking.
The Qatar offer of a '400 million dollar' tricked out Boeing to Trump and then the US Defence Department and then, supposedly, the US Government was an obvious and transparent bribe given for favours in return.
Trump however just saw the glitz and gold toilets - see his windy waffle here:
What a fucking goose! Obviously he's done no due diligence other than sticking his head inside - the aviation equivalent of kicking a car's tyres before buying.
The fact is that the Qatar Boeing is 13 years old and Qatar has been trying to sell it for at least the last five years with no buyers coming forward. It was initially designed in 2012 for the former Qatari prime minister, but it sounds like the expensive jet was just more trouble than it’s worth and they don't want it - according to a Forbes report.
Here's an interesting summation from Chris Hayes of MSNBC:
“The Royals have failed to sell the plane, which was put on the market in 2020,” it went on. “Giving it away could save Qatar’s rulers a big chunk of change on maintenance and storage costs. Making Trump happy would be an added bonus.”
But the real kicker was a July 2020 article about the plane in One Mile at a Time by Ben Schlappig, who concluded, “I can’t imagine Qatar will find a buyer for this plane. So one has to wonder who this 747-8 will be gifted to.”
Hayes read the quote and added, “Well, looks like Qatar finally found a sucker to pawn it off on.”
Unbelievable!
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Wow!
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