The Daily Populous Sunday October 6th, 2024 evening edition
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youretheorgazoid on October 6th, 2024 at 03:03 UTC »

In August 1989, a Trump Shuttle flight arriving in Boston incurred a nose gear failure upon landing.

The former and maybe next president’s predilection for slapping his name on superannuated aircraft goes way back. In 1988, he paid $365 million for Eastern Air Shuttle, a division of Eastern Airlines that ran short hops between New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C., on a fleet of 17 obsolescent Boeing 727s. Renaming the operation Trump Shuttle, he tried to turn the bargain carrier into a luxury brand, with maple-veneer interiors and free in-flight telephone calls, but the venture defaulted on its debts in 1992 and was repossessed by the banks.

Five years later, Trump repurchased one of the 727s for his own personal use and had the interior redecorated in mahogany and silk. It was aboard this plane that his future wife Melania Knauss was photographed lounging in the nude for GQ.

Dawildpep on October 6th, 2024 at 03:21 UTC »

It’s almost like there should be some safety organization that should be in charge for preventing these kinds of accidents.. oh well, can’t win em all

trotnixon on October 6th, 2024 at 11:29 UTC »

Declare bankruptcy, other people pay your debt, move on to the next grift...rinse & repeat. As bad as Donold is at running businesses he's a genius at avoiding the consequences of his incompetence.