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John1956PA

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1. It was destined to be mothballed or scrapped.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2025, 02:56 PM

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Then Trump jumped at the offer. It reminds me of the probably apocryphal story of Native Americans selling Manhatten Island for a box of trinkets.

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It was destined to be mothballed or scrapped. John1956PA Saturday #1

Thrift Store Jet Captain Zero Saturday #3

Probably get more for scrap metal?? riversedge Saturday #6

Good luck with that. paleotn Saturday #29

Still kicking themselves.... BurnDoubt Saturday #19

ANYONE ELSE tired of him telling us (and Wal Mart) to suck it up vapor2 Saturday #2

It's not worth $400M. Like all 747's, it's a 4 engine gas hog. An anachronism. paleotn Saturday #32

Four engines might be viewed HuskyOffset 11 hrs ago #40

It's only worth $400M if someone is willing to pay... localroger Saturday #4

The jet of the Deal BOSSHOG Saturday #9

that bone saw guy MBS Skittles Saturday #11

Parade the horses BOSSHOG Saturday #17

seriously, ANY kind of flattery gets eat up that pathetic narcissistic piece of utter SHIT Skittles Saturday #31

Yea! What happened to Mr. "Art of the Deal"? Ray Bruns Saturday #14

I love Ted Lieu Hekate Saturday #5

he is a peach Skittles Saturday #10

He's my Representative! 🥰 nt Raine Saturday #34

scrap metal CountAllVotes Saturday #7

Used. May require some repairs. Ping Tung Saturday #8

Charming fixer upper BOSSHOG Saturday #18

I'd take the car WmChris Saturday #24

I would too. I actually have a hood for it. FadedMullet Saturday #26

You two get together on this car project Bobstandard 14 hrs ago #38

K&R spanone Saturday #12

Looks like they found a sucker Evolve Dammit Saturday #13

It's such a classic example of trump and his "deals". Biophilic Saturday #15

A Sucker AND A Loser!!!!! BurnDoubt Saturday #16

I don't care if it's made of balsa wood with a rubberband propeller... Montauk6 Saturday #20

How long are people going to obsess about this? madville Saturday #21

It's a pile of junk!! California Kid Saturday #22

You could say it's a gold plated white elephant. flashman13 Saturday #23

We keep obsessing about it because some his base can actually understand. Girard442 Saturday #25

Ran when parked NBachers Saturday #27

I am no engineer but ... Grammy23 Saturday #28

Compared to a passenger plane of the same age (13 years) A HERETIC I AM Saturday #35

If Trump is timms139 14 hrs ago #37

The whole thing kinda reminds me of the fake diamond ring TSF gifted to Roy Cohn just before he died. nt Trueblue Texan Saturday #30

Did he find it in the "Free" section of Craigslist? nt intrepidity Saturday #33

It was their garbage...grump was their garbage man... MiHale 14 hrs ago #36

Hand-Me-Down Toy ihaveaquestion 11 hrs ago #39

When King Putin makes Qatar the 57th state... Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #41