Lawrence: Trump is too stupid to keep his story straight on Qatar’s gift of a $400M plane

Lawrence: Trump is too stupid to keep his story straight on Qatar’s gift of a $400M plane

WELL TONIGHT DONALD TRUMP IS ON
HIS CORRUPT THANK YOU TOUR OF MIDDLE EASTERN DICTATORSHIPS
AND AS USUAL ON THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY, THE FIRST OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRIP
TO ANOTHER COUNTRY. WAS ONCE AGAIN TO SAUDI ARABIA
EXACTLY WHAT HE DID IN HIS FIRST
PRESIDENCY. DONALD TRUMP NO DOUBT TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK
THE CORRUPT DICTATOR OF SAUDI ARABIA WHO AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
SOURCES SAY ORDERED THE
DISMEMBERMENT MURDER OF WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST
JAMAL KHASHOGGI DURING DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST
PRESIDENCY, A MURDER THAT DONALD TRUMP HAD
ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH AT
THE TIME BECAUSE. HE SAID OF COURSE WE HAVE TO KEEP DOING BUSINESS
WITH MURDEROUS DICTATORS LIKE
THAT. DONALD TRUMP HAS BILLIONS OF REASONS TO THANK THAT MURDEROUS DICTATOR, MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, WHO GAVE $2 BILLION TO DONALD
TRUMP’S SON-IN-LAW TO PLAY WITH AFTER THE FIRST TRUMP
PRESIDENCY. DONALD TRUMP’S SON-IN-LAW JARED
KUSHNER STARTED AN INVESTMENT FIRM WITH ZERO
EXPERIENCE IN INVESTING, AND HE IMMEDIATELY. GOT $2 BILLION FROM SAUDI ARABIA, WHICH MEANS DONALD TRUMP’S
DAUGHTER BECAME THE RICHEST TRUMP THAT
DAY IF SHE WASN’T THE RICHEST TRUMP ALREADY
THROUGH MARRIAGE. THOSE EAGER TRUMP SONS KNOWN NOT
TO BE ABOVE JEALOUSY ARE BUSY THIS WEEK TRYING TO OUTDO THEIR
SISTER’S TAKE FROM SAUDI ARABIA, AND DONALD TRUMP IS DOING
EVERYTHING HE POSSIBLY CAN TO
JOIN IN THE EXPLOITATION OF THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENCY FOR EVERY BILLION IT IS WORTH TO THE TRUMP FAMILY. DONALD TRUMP JUST OFFERED A NEW
DEFENSE TONIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR HIS DESIRE TO ACCEPT THE BIGGEST PAYOFF IN
THE HISTORY OF THE PRESIDENCY
AND AND POSSIBLY THE LITERALLY
BIGGEST PAYOFF IN WORLD HISTORY, A BOEING 747 THAT THE CORRUPT DICTATOR OF
QATAR, A PRINCIPAL FUNDER OF THE
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION HAMAS, WANTS TO GIVE TO DONALD TRUMP. THE FIRST LINE OF DONALD TRUMP’S EXCLAMATION
POINT DEFENSE OF ACCEPTING THAT
PLANE TONIGHT IS THE BOEING 747 IS BEING GIVEN TO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, NOT TO ME! EXCLAMATION POINT. AND OF COURSE NO ONE CONTRADICTS
DONALD TRUMP BETTER THAN DONALD
TRUMP. HERE HE IS TELLING SEAN HANNITY ON THE REAL
AIR FORCE ONE TODAY, WHY WOULDN’T I ACCEPT A GIFT? SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU SHOULDN’T ACCEPT GIFTS FOR THE COUNTRY. MY ATTITUDE IS, WHY WOULDN’T I ACCEPT THE GIFT? WE’RE GIVING TO EVERYBODY ELSE. WHY WOULDN’T I ACCEPT THE GIFT? HE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE AIR FORCE ACCEPTING A GIFT
THERE. WHY SHOULDN’T I ACCEPT A GIFT? DONALD TRUMP KNOWS THE AIR FORCE
PART OF THE ARRANGEMENT IS A
COMPLETE FRAUD. DONALD TRUMP WANTS THAT PLANE SO
THAT HE CAN HAVE HIS OWN PRIVATE 747 AFTER HE
LEAVES THE PRESIDENCY. DONALD TRUMP HAS ALREADY
ARRANGED FOR THE AIR FORCE TO
SIMPLY GIVE THAT PLANE TO THE TRUMP
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY. THE TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
WILL OBVIOUSLY BE A SLUSH FUND FOR DONALD TRUMP’S
PERSONAL USE. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY SURELY WILL BE SOLICITED TO. FOR THE JET FUEL DONALD TRUMP
WILL USE TO FLY HIMSELF AROUND
IN THAT BOEING 747 FOR THE REST OF HIS
DAYS. IT’S ALL ABOUT QATAR GIVING A
PLANE TO DONALD TRUMP FOR HIS PERSONAL USE AFTER
THE PRESIDENCY. THAT’S WHAT IT’S FOR. THAT’S WHAT IT’S ABOUT. DONALD TRUMP KNOWS THAT AND THE DICTATOR OF QATAR KNOWS
THAT. AND THAT’S WHY DONALD TRUMP SAID
MY ATTITUDE IS WHY WOULDN’T I. ACCEPT A GIFT. DONALD TRUMP IS, OF COURSE, FAMOUSLY TOO STUPID TO KEEP HIS
CONSPIRACY STORY STRAIGHT. THE MAN IS JUST TOO STUPID TO
OBSERVE THE THEORY OF THE CONSPIRACY AND SAY TO SEAN HANNITY, MY ATTITUDE IS, WHY SHOULDN’T THE AIR FORCE. ACCEPT A GIFT. IT’S A 13 YEAR OLD 747, NO LONGER GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE EMIR OF QATAR. WHERE NO ONE DARES OBJECT TO THE
DICTATOR GIVING THE PLANE TO THE
AUTHOR OF THE MUSLIM BAN IN THE FIRST
WEEK OF THE FIRST TRUMP
PRESIDENCY. IN DONALD TRUMP’S SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTING TONIGHT, HE INSISTED THAT THE 747 IS
FREE. FREE IN CAPITAL LETTERS. BUT THAT IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE
TRUMP LIES IN CAPITAL LETTERS WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU A GIFT
THAT YOU THEN HAVE TO SPEND SEVERAL $100 MILLION TO MAKE
USABLE, OR A BILLION DOLLARS OR $2
BILLION TO MAKE USABLE, THAT IS NOT FREE. EVERY ONE OF THOSE BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IT WILL TAKE TO MAKE
THAT PLANE A USABLE. AIR FORCE ONE WILL COME FROM
AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. NBC NEWS REPORTS CONVERTING A
QATARI-OWNED 747 JET INTO A NEW AIR FORCE ONE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WOULD
INVOLVE INSTALLING MULTIPLE TOP SECRET SYSTEMS, COST OVER $1 BILLION AND TAKE
YEARS TO COMPLETE, ACCEPTING THE 13-YEAR-OLD JET. IT WOULD LIKELY COST US
TAXPAYERS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS OVER TIME, NOTING THAT REFURBISHING THE COMMERCIAL PLANE WOULD
EXCEED ITS CURRENT VALUE OF $400
MILLION. THE PROJECT MIGHT ALSO NOT BE COMPLETED BY
THE END OF TRUMP’S TERM IN 2029. THE ONLY COMPANY THAT COULD
PROPERLY CONVERT A 747 TO USE AS AIR FORCE ONE IS THE ONLY COMPANY THAT HAS
EVER DONE IT, BOEING. DONALD TRUMP WAS VERY PROUD OF THE DEAL HE
MADE WITH BOEING DURING HIS
FIRST PRESIDENCY TO PRODUCE TWO NEW 747S TO REPLACE
THE CURRENT 747S USED AS AIR
FORCE ONE. BOEING HAS RUN INTO LITERALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COST
OVERRUNS ON THOSE 747S. AND IS YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE ON
DELIVERING THEM. SHOULD BOEING NOW STOP THE WORK ON THE REAL 747S TO
THEN TAKE ON THE PROJECT OF
REHABBING A 13 YEAR OLD 747 TO SERVE AS A
SO-CALLED NEW AIR FORCE ONE, IT CANNOT BE DONE. IT WILL NOT BE DONE. IT WON’T HAPPEN. DONALD TRUMP’S DREAM OF GETTING
THAT 747 THROUGH THE CORRUPT SCHEME HE HAS COME
UP WITH WILL NOT HAPPEN. THERE IS TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON IT
ALREADY. THERE IS TOO MUCH REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO THAT
CORRUPT SCHEME ALREADY. I’M NOT A FAN OF QATAR. I, I THINK THEY HAVE A, A REALLY DISTURBING PATTERN OF
FUNDING THEOCRATIC LUNATICS WHO WANT TO
MURDER US, FUNDING, FUNDING HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THAT’S, THAT’S A REAL PROBLEM. I, I ALSO THINK THAT THE PLANE
POSES. ESPIONAGE AND SURVEILLANCE
PROBLEMS. SO WE’LL SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT, BUT I CERTAINLY HAVE CONCERNS. WE OUGHT TO PASS A LAW THAT
REQUIRES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO BUY EVERYTHING FROM AND IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, AND I CAN THINK OF OTHER THINGS
THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN TOO THAT QATAR CAN DO TO BE HELPFUL
TO US. IF THEY’D LIKE TO BE HELPFUL, THEY COULD START BY ROOTING OUT
THE ISLAMIC RADICALIST
TERRORISTS. WHO THEY SHELTER, I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE WILL BE
PLENTY OF SCRUTINY OF WHATEVER THAT ARRANGEMENT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THERE ARE LOTS OF LOTS OF ISSUES
AROUND THAT THAT I THINK WILL
ATTRACT VERY SERIOUS QUESTIONS IF AND
WHEN IT HAPPENS. IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT AMERICA AND THE WORLD ARE
GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER CLARIFYING
PICTURE OF DONALD TRUMP EMERGE AS THE
MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN
HISTORY, DESPERATELY TRYING TO OBTAIN LITERALLY THE BIGGEST PAYOFF IN HISTORY. THAT IMAGE OF DONALD TRUMP BEING
SUPPLIED ENTIRELY BY DONALD TRUMP’S OWN
STUPIDITY COMES IMMEDIATELY AFTER DONALD TRUMP
HAS DELIVERED TO ALL TRUMP VOTERS AND TO THE
WORLD THE VERY CLEAR IMAGE OF
PRESIDENT SCROOGE, AS REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST KARL
ROVE CALLED HIM. AFTER WEEKS OF DONALD TRUMP
EXPOSING HIS STUPIDITY ABOUT
TARIFFS AND CHRISTMAS AND BARBIE DOLLS, THE CRAZY TRUMP WORLDWIDE TRADE
WAR THAT HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF ABANDONING
HAS EXPOSED JUST HOW STUPID DONALD TRUMP IS
ABOUT WHO PAYS TARIFFS AND HOW HARMFUL THE
TRUMP TARIFFS ARE TO ALL AMERICANS AND TO CHRISTMAS IN THIS
COUNTRY. THE TRUMP TARIFFS ARE GOING TO
FADE AWAY. BUT THE WAY DONALD TRUMP DEFINED
HIMSELF IN HIS MAD PURSUIT OF
HIS FAILED TRADE WAR SHOULD BECOME A DOMINANT IMAGE OF DONALD TRUMP TO THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS, AND THE OBVIOUS CORRUPTION OF
DONALD TRUMP’S SURE TO FAIL, CORRUPT SCHEME TO GET HIMSELF A
747 WILL ALSO LIVE LONG AFTER DONALD
TRUMP GIVES UP ON HIS MAD DREAM OF HIS 747. BUILT FOR A DICTATOR. WHO FUNDS HAMAS. THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS BLOOD MONEY FOR DONALD TRUMP. OH NO. HAMAS DID WHAT THEY DID ON
OCTOBER 7TH IN ISRAEL, MURDERING HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS
WITH THE FULL FINANCIAL BACKING
OF THE DICTATOR. WHO WANTS TO GIVE DONALD TRUMP A
747, THE DICTATOR WHO DONALD TRUMP
WANTS TO ACCEPT A 747 FROM. AND DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO TAKE IT BECAUSE HE DOESN’T CARE WHOSE
BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU
ARE HANDING HIM WHAT HE LYINGLY CALLS NOW A FREE
PLANE. THIS IS A HUMILIATION TOUR OF
THE MIDDLE EAST FOR DONALD
TRUMP, BUT HE’S TOO STUPID TO KNOW IT. EVERY PREVIOUS PRESIDENT WHO
EVER VISITED WITH A MIDDLE
EASTERN LEADER, BEGINNING WITH FRANKLIN DELANO
ROOSEVELT DURING WORLD WAR II, HAS DONE SO WITH DIGNITY AND
NEVER ONCE SUGGESTED TO ANY OF THOSE LEADERS THAT THEY COULD
BUY A PRESIDENT’S AFFECTION. AND LOYALTY WITH ANYTHING AND SO EVERY ONE OF THE DICTATORS WHO
WILL BE SHAKING DONALD TRUMP’S
HAND IN THE MIDDLE EAST THIS WEEK
WILL BE LOOKING DOWN AT HIM AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES BENEATH
THEM, AS SOMEONE WHO TAKES THEIR
SECONDHAND JUNK, THEIR SECONDHAND TOYS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, WHO LAST WEEK WAS TELLING AMERICAN KIDS HOW
MANY TOYS THEY COULD HAVE FOR
CHRISTMAS, IS NOW HUMILIATING HIMSELF WITH THOSE MIDDLE EASTERN
DICTATORS BY SHOWING THEM JUST HOW MUCH. HE COVETS THEIR TOYS. IF I HAD TO NAME THE WORST LIE
DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD, IT WAS THE ONE HE TOLD ABOUT
9/11 IN HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN, WHERE ON THE DEBATE STAGE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA, DONALD TRUMP TOLD THE LIE THAT HE LOST HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS ON 9/11. I IMMEDIATELY TWEETED THAT
DONALD TRUMP LOST ZERO FRIENDS
ON 9/11. NO ONE ELSE IN THE NEWS MEDIA
EVEN NOTICED THAT LIE. THE NEXT MORNING ON MEET THE
PRESS, DONALD TRUMP, POSSIBLY CHASTENED BY MY TWEET, WHICH HE USED TO READ
RELIGIOUSLY IN THOSE DAYS, REDUCED HIS HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS
TO MANY FRIENDS, NO ONE ON MEET THE PRESS CALLED
HIM OUT ABOUT THAT LIE. I IMMEDIATELY TWEETED THAT THAT
WAS A LIE. AGAIN, NO ONE ELSE IN THE NEWS MEDIA
CARED OR NOTICED IT. DONALD TRUMP LOST ZERO FRIENDS ON 9/11. DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO STEAL THE
GRIEF OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LOST LOVED ONES ON
9/11. HE TRIED TO STEAL THAT GRIEF IN
SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE HE ASSUMED EVERYONE THERE WILL THINK THAT
AS A NEW YORKER HE MUST HAVE
LOST FRIENDS ON 9/11. NOW DONALD TRUMP ATTENDED 0 9/11 FUNERALS. DONALD TRUMP IS NOW CUTTING FUNDING FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS ON 9/11 WHO ARE SUFFERING THE
LIFE THREATENING HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF THE
TOXINS THAT THEY INHALED AFTER THAT EVENT, CLEANING UP GROUND ZERO. MANY OF THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS
HAVE DIED OF CANCER. THE 9/11 FAMILIES HAVE RELEASED
A MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP
TONIGHT SAYING, WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SAUDI ECONOMIC INVESTMENTS IN
THE UNITED STATES, BUT THE 9/11 FAMILIES WILL NOT
STAY SILENT WHILE THE SAUDIS
KEEP DENYING THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH
THE TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT DESTROYED OUR
FAMILIES. SAID TERRY STRATA, NATIONAL CHAIR OF 9/11 FAMILIES
UNITED, THE PRESIDENT MAY WANT US TO
MOVE ON, BUT THERE IS NO CHANCE OF THAT HAPPENING UNTIL THE SAUDIS CEASE
THEIR DECADES-LONG LIES ABOUT THE ROLE THAT THEIR AGENTS
AND INSTITUTIONS PLAYED IN THE MURDER OF OUR
LOVED ONES. A 747 IS THE PHYSICALLY BIGGEST HUNK OF CORRUPTION. DONALD TRUMP OR ANYONE ELSE
REALLY HAS EVER TRAFFICKED IN, BUT IN DOLLAR TERMS. $400 MILLION FOR A 13 YEAR OLD
PLANE IN DOLLAR TERMS. IT’S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT DONALD AND HIS
SONS ARE UP TO NOW. OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT, ERIC LIPTON REPORTS IN THE NEW
YORK TIMES THAT IN THE WEEKS PRECEDING
DONALD TRUMP’S TRIP TOURING MIDDLE EAST
DICTATORSHIPS, HIS SONS HAVE PURSUED A BLITZ OF FAMILY
MONEYMAKING VENTURES CAPITALIZING ON THEIR FATHER’S
NAME AND POWER, EACH SEEMINGLY TRYING TO OUTDO THE OTHER. IT IS A RUSH TO CASH IN THAT
INVOLVES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, A LUXURY HOTEL IN DUBAI, A SECOND HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL
TOWER IN JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA, TWO CRYPTO. CURRENCY VENTURES BASED IN THE
UNITED STATES, A NEW GOLF COURSE AND VILLA
COMPLEX IN QATAR, AND A NEW PRIVATE CLUB IN
WASHINGTON. IN MANY CASES THESE NEW DEALS
PROMOTED OVER THE LAST WEEK WILL PERSONALLY BENEFIT NOT ONLY
ERIC TRUMP AND DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR BUT ALSO
PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF. OTHER REPORTING IN THE NEW YORK
TIMES SAYS, QUOTE, IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT FOREIGN
POLICY GOALS, IF ANY, WILL BE ADVANCED ON THIS VISIT. AND DONALD TRUMP MADE CLEAR
TODAY WE MAY NEVER KNOW. WHAT DONALD TRUMP DOES FOR WHOM? ON THIS TRIP OH, WHAT I DO FOR THE CROWN PRINCE.

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