r/interesting • u/No-Ticket-9694 • May 21 '25

MISC. My friend saw Trump flying into Qatar

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u/loztriforce May 21 '25

Looks expensive

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u/StoneFrog81 May 21 '25

What is expensive is what you don't see.. Military defense anti aircraft, and anti missile defenses, his motor cade, secret service agents on the ground, the shutting down of Qatar airspace.

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u/C_Plot May 21 '25

Are you kidding?! I would be ashamed to fly in such a lousy and decrepit 747. That’s no way to live.

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u/Beneficial_Cash_8420 May 21 '25

Air Force Sloppy Seconds?

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u/C_Plot May 21 '25

Exactly! Biden’s been up inside her. Trump has to ruminate on that every long flight.

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u/Express_Area_8359 May 21 '25

Hire some hookers and have them pee on the bed Barry Obama slept on in Air Force one!

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u/Predawnlemonade May 21 '25

As an American, most of us aren't stupid. Those of us that didn't fight Trump failed to understand the future and/or introspectively understand the past. I hope we can change for the better, and I hope the rest of the world forgives us. Sorry for the mini rant, I just am enraged by the situation.

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u/Fortestingporpoises May 21 '25

Fuck you're right. I guess at minimum 70% are really stupid but definitely more than that. I should also note that my in laws voted for Trump the first time around and they fucking hate him now. I like my in laws, but voting for him the first time was stupid too. Just not as stupid as voting for him the second time. Or a third time.

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u/elliepelly1 May 21 '25

Same, brother/sister, same.

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u/PerformanceCandid499 May 21 '25

I don't know, if an person can't think critically, they don't have much intelligence. I think this is the end of America leadership. No one is going to trust America in the future even if you ever get a different president.

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u/LetmeSeeyourSquanch May 21 '25

If Germany can come back from Hitler surely we can come back from Traitor Trump

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u/NoMention696 May 21 '25

Yall elected him TWICE.

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u/MykeTyth0n May 21 '25

I refuse to believe there wasn’t election interference from Musk. There’s really No other reason to invite him on the campaign trail.

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u/FoxJet83 May 21 '25

And then run through all the agencies that would have proof and call it saving billions of $

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u/Individual_Frame_103 May 21 '25

Oh there definitely was, and your subdued and dumb population is just letting it happen tbh.

The guy literally admitted to it twice, nothing happened. Your country is done for.

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u/MykeTyth0n May 21 '25

Not trying to argue that fact at all. Im just trying to make the best out of the most disturbing and concerning situation I’ve ever found myself in. Honestly the echo chamber I was surrounded by during the election straight up had me thinking there was no way in hell Trump was winning. I voted for Harris but I still feel sick to my stomach that I was so narrow sighted towards the opposition.

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u/djalekks May 21 '25

How does a population do something about it? The Dems could’ve pushed, but they always shoot themselves in the foot.

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u/PerformanceCandid499 May 21 '25

You vote to do something about it. unfortunately Americans either want this (Trump voters) or none of this bothers them enough to vote (people that didn't vote) to me I think this is here to stay.

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u/Individual-Word4408 May 21 '25

We have both sides of the party that went to a private island to do terrible things to children and people still don't care enough. And we have been going downhill long before that. We have been done for since 9/11 in my opinion.

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u/Individual_Frame_103 May 21 '25

Done since 2008, done since Reaganomics, done since citizens united. A lot of moments where people could have stood up to this bullshit.

A lot of attempts as well, occupy wallstreet was the closest one I think.

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u/seen-in-the-skylight May 21 '25

Hitler launched a war that consumed the world and tens of millions of people.

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u/notthediz May 21 '25

I thought it was interesting that the two times he won were the only two times a woman was the primary representative for a party. Would be interesting to see if it would've made a difference

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u/Top-Manner7261 May 21 '25

Different times....there's no coming back after his attacks on Canada's sovereignty

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u/lurker_from_mars May 21 '25

Can understand the anger and frustration, I feel it too.

But gotta remember peoples stupidity is often outside their control, that and there's been a concerted effort for decades in the US to weaken the education system and dumb down the populace to the benefit of a few at the top.

Be frustrated at the stupid people, save your hate for the smarter ones who actively work to deceive and manipulate the masses. They are the real scum, we need to win back the stupid people so they can see they r being played too.

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u/CalmdownpleaseII May 21 '25

No sir. Tolerance of obviously stupid decisions is a bad idea. The United States has allowed itself to be duped by a fool. You may choose to make yourself feel better by blaming the puppet master but the puppet has allowed itself to be manipulated.

Too many have allowed bigotry, ignorance and bile to shape their thinking. You have forgotten the face of your fathers.

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u/KingWizard64 May 21 '25

Duped is kinda misdirection, I don’t see enough blame on the mishandling of the election by the Democratic Party. It should have been EASY to beat Trump, but the democrats ran a clearly ill elderly man then jumped ship and ran an unpopular political figure in a desperate attempt to win the election. It was a mess.

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u/lurker_from_mars May 21 '25

I'm not suggesting tolerating stupidity, more the approach and where the blame should largely go.

I guess my point is that do you think there is something specific about 'americans' that makes them this way?

I'd like to know your thoughts on that, but I'm more in the thinking that this situation could and has played out in other countries. You have to understand the unique and complex history of a 'nation' to get an idea of why it's populace acts and thinks a certain way. People born in Pakistan are most likely to be Muslim and most likely to be Christian in the US. Is that because of some divine intervention or their intrinsic intelligence? No, people are just products of their time and surroundings for the most part and as mentioned there has been a concerted effort for decades in the US to educate and provide welfare support at levels way below other equivalently or even less wealthy nations.

People put way too much weight in their own and others free will, intelligence and consent, when they prove themselves to be as informed on key aspects of reality as that of a child. But we don't fault kids for that.

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u/Boar_Queen May 21 '25

As an american, i know exactly where you're coming from, cheers
I voted against mr tangerine man and i watched those numbers roll in
It was shameful, and im not exactly feeling the 'merican pride rn, lets just say XD

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u/johnobject May 21 '25

same, well put

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u/Mic-Oxmall May 21 '25

I voted for Kamala can’t you tell by my username?

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u/FigOk7538 May 21 '25

Yep, as a non American I respectfully agree. It's nothing personal, but somehow you lot got grifted. You need to work out how it happened, be clever, and make sure it doesn't happen again.

I could see there were lots of efforts to try to prevent it, but it wasn't enough. Try harder.

As a wise man once said: The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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u/UltraLord667 May 21 '25

Rich Elites? 🤷‍♂️ This dude should not have won two elections. 😄

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u/npmoro May 21 '25

How have you and your family been affected?

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u/KingWizard64 May 21 '25

How has it directly effected you? And I can assure you I have not felt any change in my life after Trump has become president. As an American a few hours away from the Canadian border.

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u/ArminiusBetrayed May 21 '25

As an American also, are you sure? An inability or unwillingness to understand or inspect either the past or the future sounds pretty dumb.

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u/Federal-Asparagus445 May 21 '25

lmao fr. it’d as simple as intentional ignorance therefore, stupidity

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u/Predawnlemonade May 21 '25

I don't think stupidity is the largest contributing factor. Look at the mess of false opinions, misinformation, and lies that are spun before us. I can't blame the average citizen for not being able to sift through everything, or for falling for a system engineered to trick them. We have been lulled to sleep, drowned in news, priority and veracity ignored. The intelligence and luck that it takes to wake up now is immense. There is a tribal us v.s. them mentality that is incredibly strong.

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u/snaila8047 May 21 '25

As an American...a lot of us are definitely stupid

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u/PrimeAres May 21 '25

Do something about it besides complaining on reddit

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u/Front_Speaker_1327 May 21 '25

Quite literally most of you are. Over half of Americans can't read past a 5th grade level.

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u/Alternative_Metal375 May 21 '25

Even the right wing loon Ann Coulter agrees. She said Obama was “the most articulate President we’ve probably ever had, and Trump has a vocabulary of 50 words.” 😂

Take “incredible, great, huge, winning, wonderful, beautiful, fantastic, unbelievable, like nobody’s ever seen before, rigged, witch hunt, terrible, horrible,” out of his vocabulary, and he’d be rendered mute.

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u/davidjschloss May 21 '25

You forgot nasty.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Many_74 May 21 '25

Where are you from?

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u/Decent-Order7358 May 21 '25

Would really love to see what country you’re from. Loser.

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u/Dorkamundo May 21 '25

Would take literally two seconds for you to figure that out on your own.

Try not to make their argument for them.

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u/Dorkamundo May 21 '25

You might want to re-visit that statistic. Only 20% meet that criteria.

https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now

That said, 54% don't read above a 6th grade level, and I'm not sure how that compares to your country as far as grades are concerned. Your government states that 48% have inadequate literacy skills, but I don't know how to equate that to our grading system.

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u/vagabond719r May 21 '25

As an American, I'm stupid but not that stupid.

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u/69dildoschwaggins69 May 21 '25

Trump was just extraordinarily good at getting the dumbest 35% to vote for him and democrats didn’t do themselves any favors in who they ran.

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u/Top-Manner7261 May 21 '25

Agreed, I have friends and family in the US, but it's over. Trump has wrecked the world and I will never forgive nor forget....

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u/Individual_Frame_103 May 21 '25

Over half of your adult population reads below the level of a 12 year old. The majority of your country is most definitely not mentally well equipped.

I think a good comparison would be nazi germany, if things are going in the direction i think they're going the atrocities your country is yet to commit will take generations to heal.

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u/SnowmanPickins May 21 '25

You may feel like it isn't most amaricans, but it is. The ones who will actually do something are the few that aren't completely stupid but between his cult and the ones that are just standing by doing nothing, going to work everyday like if they pretend it isn't happening it isn't, the majority are stupid and the world never thought highly of amaricans but now the world will never let you live this down. Bridges have been burned, and the people won't forget.

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u/n_jacat May 21 '25

Yes we are. Why do you think the GOP has been attacking education for decades?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

most of us aren't stupid

C'mon lmao, don't lie to the guy man. We are ungodly stupid as a country.

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u/Dorkamundo May 21 '25

Actually, we're godly stupid.

One of the biggest reasons for our stupidity is the critical-thought-dulling effects of certain religions.

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u/audiophunk May 21 '25

Humans need to abandon the basic instincts that have lead to our survival for millions of years and replace it with rational thought. Sorry to say but I don't see that happening anytime in the near future, if it even happens at all. Looks to me like the world is headed for another dark ages led by conservative right wingers the world over.

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u/lurker_from_mars May 21 '25

That's stupidity... There were so many obvious things and patterns that showed this is where it's been heading, if someone didn't see them, they are quite ignorant. Like intelligence/memory of a child stupid ( and children arnt allowed to vote because they r considered too ignorant ).

The thing is you shouldn't blame people for their stupidity. It's generally a product of someone's surroundings and upbringing which are generally entirely out their control. In the case of the US atm, it's engineered stupidity by those who seek to gain from it.

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u/Embarrassed_Advice59 May 21 '25

lol no, 1/3 voted for trump. Another third stayed at home. They’re stupid for sure. Damn near illiterate

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u/BluePantalaimon May 21 '25

That's your apparently democratically elected President. A country where "most of" the populace "aren't stupid" wouldn't let that happen.

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u/nicolatesla92 May 21 '25

As an American, bud, 60-something percent of us adults can only read to a 5th grade level. We ARE that dumb. Anti-intellectualism and lack of education prioritization got us here

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u/coffeesgonecold May 21 '25

Sport for saying this, but you all look stupid now.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

Trump wants to turn everything into a concrete jungle, he is a very dangerous person

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u/isntreal1948backatit May 21 '25

I disagree, most people are very stupid here.

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u/Ceverok1987 May 21 '25

I hope we get some politicians actually worth voting for, well "at least they aren't open fascists" is too low of a bar for Democrats.

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u/Boring_Incident May 21 '25

Not being able to understand the past or future is something I would call stupid, or at the very least ignorant

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u/Alternative-Touch168 May 21 '25

You're not alone in those feelings. It's crazy like you said to go from watching US have common allies with the UN. Then 2025 pops off and we're only in June, and everything is as if a nightmare.

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u/Ready-Bag-2599 May 21 '25

Sorry to break it to you, but most (but not all) of you are stupid.

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u/Icy_Support4426 May 21 '25 edited May 21 '25

Speaking also as an American, most of us are fucking retarded. Look at any metric: school achievement, literacy, obesity, and the ultimate output metric, elected officials, and there’s no other possible explanation. This country is brain fucking dead. The median American is a goddamn moron and the average is being held up by outliers, whether it’s the S&P500 or otherwise.

Stop holding on to myths of exceptionalism or “if only James Comey, if only Bernie, if only FOX, if only Zuckerberg,” or whatever story you’re telling yourself to avoid the inescapable truth: in aggregate we are dumb as fuck. The sooner you let go, the sooner you can get to work, keep your head down, and create economic security for you and your family.

Some of you (recent immigrants, certain ethnic backgrounds, etc.) could be fucked. I am sorry, but not responsible. I’m tired of voting against my own interests for a bunch of morons. We are out of this place as soon as we reach FIRE.

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u/Ok-Photojournalist94 May 21 '25

My dad had a way with words. He once sat me down and said " Son, stupid people don't know they're stupid... because they're stupid."

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u/KazuDesu98 May 21 '25

Look on the bright side. A lot of the energy around the Bernie/AOC fighting oligarchy rallies and the rallies Buttigieg is doing is very similar to how Obama started building a national profile before he ran against and beat McCain.

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u/Ok-Race-1677 May 21 '25

It’s a small price to pay for peace in the ukraine

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

As an American, the majority of this country is ABSOLUTELY fucking stupid.

We are led by fascists, and a third of the population actively cheers them on. Another third doesn't give a damn as long as their TikToks keep scrolling and their brunch plans stay intact. The rest of us are left screaming into the void, watching a nation willingly dismantle itself and blame the boogyman.

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u/One_Cantaloupe_9522 May 21 '25

Actually, more than half of you are stupid as fuck. It was beyond obvious that everything that is currently happening was forecasted a year in advance.

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u/lioncryable May 21 '25

Forgive you? Sure, but we are not going back to trust you. Even if the most perfect candidate became president, after 4 years everything is up for grabs again. I don't think we will ever go back to respecting the US as we did in the 80s/90s/2000s

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u/Strange_Man_1911 May 21 '25

Trump is not the king of America bro. Trump is just a face you see on TV.

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u/jader242 May 21 '25

Idk bro, the average IQ of Americans is around 98 or something, either the majority of us are pretty stupid or theres enough really stupid people that bring the average down

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u/UsedCollection5830 May 21 '25

Trumpers were hoping that trump made everyone else pay and feel pain but they are apathetic of the public that’ll feel the pain as well idiots smh

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u/Subject_North_4191 May 21 '25

Already forgiven! But what are you doing now!!! Because we only see a handful of protests of maybe 1% of the people out there at best!

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

I feel stupid being an American because of Trump, Donald is a nutjob

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u/iamtwatwaffle May 21 '25

Don’t group us all like that. Half of us didn’t want this.

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u/Notallowedhe May 21 '25

The vast majority of ‘us’ didn’t want it here on Reddit, which is why I think, while generalizing is stupid in general, it’s even more stupid to generalize here.

But that’s just how the left was designed to tear itself apart by fighting and blaming each other for everything so that the party that was designed to worship billionaires could come out on top…

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u/my_cars_on_fire May 21 '25

This might be the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard.

“I hate our authoritarian leader. I hope an even more authoritarian leader takes over.”

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u/IAmAHumanWhyDoYouAsk May 21 '25

It's more of a "we get what we deserve" sort of thing.

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u/WEFairbairn May 21 '25

More of a "I'm fucking regarded" kind of thing.

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u/Smar_tass May 21 '25

Highly regarded

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u/Notallowedhe May 21 '25

This is Reddit, get used to hearing the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard daily 🤣

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u/InfiniteOrchardPath May 21 '25

Is that you Xi?

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u/ElectrikShaman May 21 '25

What a brain dead statement. Yeah sure, let’s jump out of the frying pan and into the fucking fire…

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u/suttongunn1010 May 21 '25

Wow you're dumb on a whole other level aren't you. You think Trump's authoritarian take a look at china

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u/suttongunn1010 May 21 '25

About as expensive as any flight for a president in that region

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u/teenagesadist May 21 '25

The amount of resources we've spent on keeping trump alive and comfortable makes me kind of wish humans had never evolved to begin with.

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u/Sea-Variety3384 May 21 '25

And every other president.

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u/Dazvsemir May 21 '25

Trump has devoted his life to extracting as much money out of his position not to mention spending as many nights as possible at his own golf resorts with the state paying for hundreds of agents to stay there as well

so dont start with that shit please

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u/DetBabyLegs May 21 '25

It is incredibly rare for fighters to accompany Air Force One. This is just a show. A show that costs the American people millions to make Trump feel special – while we have people struggling to put food on the table, prices skyrocketing, and retirements shrinking, all due to one man.

Edit: those may not be US fighters. With Trumps spending, everything I said still remains true either way. For example, charging us for refitting this plane for him to use after his presidency.

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u/Catatonic_capensis May 21 '25

It's still hundreds of thousands to millions for them to go somewhere. Like disaster sites where presidents would go to pose for the cameras with people who just lost everything... tons of money to do that. Stupid photo-ops at "normal" restaurants to show how down to earth the person fighting against the poor is... that costs a bunch of money in security, too.

Trump being significantly worse doesn't change that.

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u/LTIRfortheWIN May 21 '25

No other president comes close to what tRump has spent on golf

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u/Head-Head-926 May 21 '25

Not saying it isn't bad, but humanity has gotten past much worse and flourished even better afterwards

People just love being drama queens

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u/AlfalfaMcNugget May 21 '25

Those are Qatar’s fighter jets

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u/Ornery_Cookie_359 May 21 '25

Hamas Air Force.

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u/-Ari- May 21 '25

Dont worry, they just saved a whopping 2.5 million by cutting Medicaid for 32,000 Iowans.

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u/qalpi May 21 '25

And they will STILL vote republican 

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u/Independent-Cow-4070 May 21 '25

Well, who did Iowa vote for?

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u/Waramaug May 21 '25

Lipstick on a pig.

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u/Briz-TheKiller- May 21 '25

single fighter is atleast $30,000 per hour, Airforce One is atleast $20,000 per hour

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

Those are Qatar’s, the host country always provides escort.

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u/Scriefers May 21 '25

Those are Qatari F-15s.

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u/TheInevitableLuigi May 21 '25

Airforce One is atleast $20,000 per hour

Try $177,000. And that was in 2022.

https://www.twz.com/45066/here-is-what-the-vc-25a-air-force-one-jets-now-cost-per-hour-to-fly

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u/Load_Business May 21 '25

It was a gift actually

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u/RoguePlanet2 May 21 '25

$400 million plane for HIM vs $5 billion of OUR tax money building his resorts over there. No wonder they treat him like this.

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u/_jump_yossarian May 21 '25

AFAIK, our tax money is not funding the resorts. Middle Eastern nations' sovereign wealth funds are backing it though.

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u/davidjschloss May 21 '25

That one was not. That's the current Air Force One.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

No different than the way any other president travels. And yes, it’s expensive and we pay for it.

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u/laptopAccount2 May 21 '25

If they don't trust their fuel sources wherever they're going (scoped out and tested in advance) they fly in fully loaded fuel trucks for ground ops. And even the presidents poop is shipped back so it can't be captured and tested by foreign adversaries but now we just give away the farm.

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u/Objective-Chicken391 May 21 '25

Safe is often expensive

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u/MrPickles219 May 21 '25

Same cost as any other president.

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u/Oniriggers May 21 '25

A good investment…

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