A Frustrated Trump Wants His New Air Force One Planes Pronto
Source: NYT
President Trump, furious about delays in delivering two new Air Force One jets, has empowered Elon Musk to explore drastic options to prod Boeing to move faster, including relaxing security clearance standards for some who work on the presidential planes.
His administration has even discussed whether a luxury jet could be acquired and refitted during the wait, according to five people with knowledge of the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe closely held deliberations.
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Boeing’s executives have indicated to the government that they might not be able to deliver the new Air Force Ones until the end of Mr. Trump’s second term. But Mr. Musk, who is known for setting aggressive — in some cases unachievable — deadlines at his companies, has insisted that at least one of the planes can be delivered within a year’s time.
Officials involved in the project — a complicated feat of engineering that requires the plane to be capable of evading certain missile attacks or surviving the fallout from a nuclear blast — regard Mr. Musk’s timeline as unrealistic.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/us/politics/trump-musk-air-force-one-boeing.html
According to the article, Trump has told people that if Musk "can fly a rocket" (NYT's wording, not a direct quote) then he "can probably figure out an airplane" (again, the NYT's wording, not a direct quote, but I wouldn't be surprised if one of their sources told them these were Trump's words).
Such genius. Both Musk and Trump.
If Musk does succeed in getting the plane's production rushed, it would be only fitting if he and Trump were alone on Trump's first flight. Musk as pilot. He "can probably figure out" how to become a pilot in a short time, if he doesn't already have a pilot's license. Trump could wear a pilot's uniform and pretend he's a pilot. It would be so much more awesome than Trump in a truck...and what a chapter in their bromance! I'd recommend a long first flight east, maybe to South Africa. Musk could keep Trump entertained with stories of his apartheid-loving pilot grandfather, and Trump could talk about his grandfather the brothel owner. It would be a flight for the ages, and they could probably sell film rights...
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“I’m sure he can figure it out…” -works for me!
Safe travels!
Crew hastily learns to fly, design, build and test airplanes in one day.
IT'S FULLY SELF-FLYING
NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG
And no chance of gremlins on Mutring airplanes (MuskTrumpBoeing abbreviation)
Enjoy 
if Boeing forgot some crucial parts in their haste to give His Assholiness his planes. Yep........a real shame.
