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Fun fact, Trump bought his plane from Paul Allen. It's an aging gas guzzling Boeing 757, quite costly to fly.

• nickpsecurity 10y ago
  Didnt know it was a hand me down from Paul Allen. Wow. That's funny given Trump's ego and sense of being Number 1.
  • jonknee 10y ago
    It's a lot cheaper to install some gold plating on an aging airframe and pretend it's the best (it was built in 1991).
    • pavlov 10y ago
      "install some gold plating ... pretend it's the best" Is that Trump's trillion-dollar infrastructure plan in a nutshell?
• dx034 10y ago
  At current oil prices it's likely that the decision pays off. He'll not fly the plane on a daily basis (post-election) and even many airlines are putting back new orders because old machines are overall cheaper at current prices. 20% less fuel for an expensive plane doesn't pay off at $50/bbl. And they probably fly at least 10x the distance of the Trump plane.
  • nickpsecurity 10y ago
    He didn't buy it at current oil prices or for rational reasons. It was an emotional buy in the past likely connected to ego. That it's a hand-me-down from a more successful businessman is where it gets funny for me. He finally topped him by riding in the more exclusive plane they all want.
  • jonknee 10y ago
    Cool story, but he bought the plane from Allen in 2011 when oil prices were about double the price today (it averaged $111/bbl for the year). Trump bought it not because of oil prices, but because it was huge (among other things, Allen used it as the team plane for the Seahawks).