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Miles Archer

(21,783 posts)
Tue May 13, 2025, 03:51 PM May 2025

NO. The "Trump family crest" should NOT be stitched into seat cushions of a plane that's supposed to be Air Force One.

Among the demands, Roth recalls, was Trump's signature "abundance of gold" as well as marble.

"Even the seat buckles received a 24-carat coating," Forbes reported. Trump also asked for a "big TV, with a great sound system, to watch movies." He also reportedly loved the idea of having his Trump family crest stitched into the headrests, the report continued.

"An area in the galley for Oreos,” Roth recalled to Forbes while laughing. “I said to him, ‘Mr. Trump, really?’ He goes, ‘I love Oreos.’”

Trump "once told Rolling Stone that Air Force One is 'a step down' from his 757 'in every way.' But that’s pure delusion," recalled Jeff Wise for New York Magazine's "Intelligencer" last year.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-plane-2671999862/
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NO. The "Trump family crest" should NOT be stitched into seat cushions of a plane that's supposed to be Air Force One. (Original Post) Miles Archer May 2025 OP
Put all the marble he wants in it, the more the merrier. dem4decades May 2025 #1
Is there any way to fit 250 tons of marble into it? jmowreader May 2025 #6
GOP will be fitting him for a crown and scepter soon. Torchlight May 2025 #2
If only he enjoyed working for the American people as much as grifting. Irish_Dem May 2025 #3
How ironic & even more bizarre, given Trump has NO family crest. The one displayed in Mar-a-lago belonged to hlthe2b May 2025 #4
That can't be right Conjuay May 2025 #19
His hero Hitler claimed he was a Corporal in WWI... Wounded Bear May 2025 #32
The family name was Drumpf before they anglicized it. Even his name is a fraud. Marcuse May 2025 #22
As it is, he stole the family crest from another family. Vinca May 2025 #5
And replaced the word "integrity" with the word "Trump". jls4561 May 2025 #7
Ironic that removing "integrity" from his crest was one of the most honest things he has ever done. n/t whopis01 May 2025 #13
Of course he did. soldierant May 2025 #14
I think it could be replaced with a poop emoji. DU does not have a poop emoji in the choices. jls4561 May 2025 #17
Bad enough the tRump family crust will be on the seats Blue Owl May 2025 #8
Best laugh I've had all day! 3catwoman3 May 2025 #29
So does he think he's a king? or Pope? His brain is sizzled. nt allegorical oracle May 2025 #9
Anything he requests that has NOTHING to do with the functionability of an AF1 Fla Dem May 2025 #10
An obsession with marble? Perhaps to replace the ones he's lost? BattleRow May 2025 #11
Oreos? Big Macs? How is it he is still above ground? nilram May 2025 #12
If you re-read the article, the stitched crest thing is about how he pimped out his 757 muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #15
Good Lord he's a child! tonekat May 2025 #16
If the crest is the one over the Mar-a-Lago fireplace, it was the family crest of the wealthy family who built the place Rhiannon12866 May 2025 #18
What is their crest, anyway? A gold toilet? Wicked Blue May 2025 #20
Stitch this on there, traitor. Kid Berwyn May 2025 #21
Isn't the Trump family crest a mushroom? COL Mustard May 2025 #23
Yep, a button mushroom. You can buy them in little, tiny cans. CTyankee May 2025 #28
Yeah, no thanks. COL Mustard May 2025 #31
Although I am in favor of stitching his face on the seats. Sneederbunk May 2025 #24
re: trolling TnDem May 2025 #25
You're right, of course... Miles Archer May 2025 #34
Especially since the only crest they have is stolen. milestogo May 2025 #26
Now I really want to ride on it... nilram May 2025 #27
Put his personal crest on the underside of the toilet seat lid. Norrrm May 2025 #30
His family Mad_Machine76 May 2025 #33

jmowreader

(52,901 posts)
6. Is there any way to fit 250 tons of marble into it?
Tue May 13, 2025, 04:18 PM
May 2025

The Maximum Takeoff Weight of a Boeing 747-8 is 987,000 pounds.

The Operating Empty Weight of the passenger variant of this jet is 485,300 pounds. The cargo version is lighter, but that's not the one involved in the Qatari Bribe.

The distance between OEW and MTOW is 501,700 pounds.

If we can wedge 250 tons of marble into Donald's latest homage to Grandpa Friedrich, we won't have to worry about whether Trump has this plane because it'll be too heavy to fly. Marble weighs 160 pounds per cubic foot, so 3125 cubic feet of marble will be enough to solve the problem. For reference, that's a marble floor covering the entire lower deck that's 9.5 inches thick.

Torchlight

(6,314 posts)
2. GOP will be fitting him for a crown and scepter soon.
Tue May 13, 2025, 03:53 PM
May 2025

Just after introducing a mid-term bill changing the name from Congress to Courtiers.

hlthe2b

(112,812 posts)
4. How ironic & even more bizarre, given Trump has NO family crest. The one displayed in Mar-a-lago belonged to
Tue May 13, 2025, 04:02 PM
May 2025

original owner, Majorie Merriweather Post's late husband, Joseph Edward Davies and his family crest was displayed there. Trump appropriated it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40097665

Wounded Bear

(63,836 posts)
32. His hero Hitler claimed he was a Corporal in WWI...
Tue May 13, 2025, 07:56 PM
May 2025

though that claim has been disputed.

jls4561

(2,835 posts)
7. And replaced the word "integrity" with the word "Trump".
Tue May 13, 2025, 04:23 PM
May 2025

Just like he’s doing to the nation.

whopis01

(3,908 posts)
13. Ironic that removing "integrity" from his crest was one of the most honest things he has ever done. n/t
Tue May 13, 2025, 05:42 PM
May 2025

soldierant

(9,286 posts)
14. Of course he did.
Tue May 13, 2025, 05:49 PM
May 2025

In order to have a real family crest, someone in the family would have to have done something positive. Dodging the draft in Germany, opening and running a whorehouse in the US, cheating people in real estate, Being such a terrible parent as to drive a son into alcohol abuse and an early death, dodging the draft in the US with a falsified document, becoming a Russian asset, winning the Presidency with Russian help on social media - and that's just three generations - I'd love to see the crest that that list of "accomplishments" would lead to.

jls4561

(2,835 posts)
17. I think it could be replaced with a poop emoji. DU does not have a poop emoji in the choices.
Tue May 13, 2025, 05:59 PM
May 2025


So this will have to do.

Fla Dem

(27,422 posts)
10. Anything he requests that has NOTHING to do with the functionability of an AF1
Tue May 13, 2025, 05:27 PM
May 2025

or is just gold leaf to flatter his ego should come out of HIS pocket.

If he really wants it then put a delivery date of January 20, 2059 on it and he can accept it as a private citizen.

How about just denying the gift. Would make things easier and LEGAL.

nilram

(3,471 posts)
12. Oreos? Big Macs? How is it he is still above ground?
Tue May 13, 2025, 05:41 PM
May 2025

I eat pretty reasonably and I'm not sure how I'm staying upright.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,562 posts)
15. If you re-read the article, the stitched crest thing is about how he pimped out his 757
Tue May 13, 2025, 05:52 PM
May 2025

It's a shame Raw Story didn't use the explicit "he thinks it's a penis substitute" quote from Forbes:

Also a gesture that plays directly to the ego of a billionaire who has long preferred oversized planes, personalizing airliners too big to land in some airports over the more nimble jets that most executives prefer. Trump’s planes, impractical as they may be, definitely make a statement. “From an ego standpoint, hey, you land with an aircraft like that,” says aviation pro George Reenstra, “you can interpret that the way you want.” Alan Marcus, a communications consultant who used to ride on Trump’s old Boeing 727, interprets it like this: “It’s an extension of who’s got the biggest penis.”

tonekat

(2,451 posts)
16. Good Lord he's a child!
Tue May 13, 2025, 05:53 PM
May 2025

Let's see, what would a trump family crest include? A bounced contractor's check? A Big Mac? A field of Orange? Vlad's ding-dong? The Motto would be "Cofefe!"

All sinister, of course.

Rhiannon12866

(250,208 posts)
18. If the crest is the one over the Mar-a-Lago fireplace, it was the family crest of the wealthy family who built the place
Tue May 13, 2025, 06:02 PM
May 2025

But TFG has made it his own by changing the word "Integrity" (in Latin) at the top of the crest to the word "Trump."

 

TnDem

(1,390 posts)
25. re: trolling
Tue May 13, 2025, 06:42 PM
May 2025

Trump is trolling as usual, and, as usual, the moths go straight to the flame.

Ignore the goofball...he will do nothing of the kind.

Miles Archer

(21,783 posts)
34. You're right, of course...
Tue May 13, 2025, 08:02 PM
May 2025

...while the Saudi nonsense rules the news, the media's spending less time on:

1). The deportations
2). What Republicans are attempting in terms of Medicaid & SNAP cuts
3). The cost of Trump's tax cuts for millionaires

...and that's just the top items.

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