How much will it cost to modify Trump's new Air Force One? This may be a secret
The U.S. Air Force appears to have included the renovation costs of the plane donated by Qatar to President Trump in an over-budget and delayed nuclear modernization program, in order to hide them.
Trump has not hidden his dissatisfaction with the renovation costs of the Federal Reserve headquarters, which exceeded about 600 million dollars. However, it is another matter for the White House to discuss the costs of renovating the "free" Air Force One provided by Qatar in Washington.
In recent weeks, congressional budget investigators have begun to suspect that a sum quietly inserted into Pentagon documents and submitted to Congress under the name of "transferring" to an unnamed classified project almost certainly included the renovation of a brand new luxurious interior for the Air Force One, which Trump desperately wants to put into service before the end of his term. (It is currently unclear whether the entire transfer amount will be used to disassemble the new Air Force One into the fuselage, but Air Force officials have privately admitted that they have used nuclear modernization funds to support this complex project.)
This project was initially submitted to Congress as a 77.7 billion dollar plan aimed at replacing all 400 "Minuteman" III missiles, and equipping launch facilities and communication systems that can withstand nuclear attacks and cyberattacks. By the time Trump took office, this number had soared by 81% to 140 billion dollars, and it continues to rise.
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