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Letter: Is America going broke fixing Donald’s ego trips, traps or tariffs?

President Donald Trump walks up the stairs of the newly designated Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)(AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez

President Donald Trump walks up the stairs of the newly designated Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)(AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez

It isn’t enough to thumb your nose at the Constitution. Donald accepts a free 13-year-old 747-8. What could go wrong? It was approved by the Pentagon. But, was it bug-free? Was it able to avoid a missile? Cost range: $400 million to $ 1billion fix it. No one knows for sure.

Concerning the old Air Force One, he “criticized it as too dated and stiff in its appointments.”

Like his reflecting pool, or his ballroom Donald says: “You know it has a lot of capability, but as I understand it, in about a month or so, they’re going to send it to have it be maxed out (not fixed). So they’re going to be sending it, and they’ll have it be maxed out.”

Is the USA going broke fixing Donald’s ego trips, traps or tariffs? Maybe we should just let him fly his gifts as much as he wants?

Craig Dunford, Salt Lake City

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