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Miles Archer

(22,456 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 07:28 PM Tuesday

Spend, Spend, Spend, Spend, Spend, Spend...then Spend some more. Trump is unhappy with the Air Force 1 color scheme. [View all]

Shortly after returning to the Oval Office for his second term in January 2025, Trump told reporters he planned to revive his long-stalled effort to customize Air Force One after former President Joe Biden scrapped the proposed redesign during Trump’s first term, citing costs and delays.

“We want power blue, not baby blue,” Trump said last year. “Everything has its time and place. We’ll be changing the colors.”

Before Trump’s re-election, one of his advisers told Politico that he would move forward with the change if he returned to office.

“The model was on the coffee table in the Oval Office and he pointed it out many times to foreign and domestic visitors,” the person told the outlet. “He thought it represented America more and represented strength—the red, white, and blue.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-erases-kennedy-history-with-air-force-fleet-makeover/

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