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Qatar's gift to Trump is unsold plane it's been trying to dump for years (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 2 days ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29711221

The Boeing 747-8 being offered to Donald Trump by Qatar once served the Qatari royal family and has been sitting unsold for years.

The jet, a lavishly configured version of Boeing's largest passenger aircraft, has been lingering without a buyer since being put up for sale in 2020, according to aircraft listings and aviation analysts.

John Goglia, a former member of the National Transportation Safety Board, told Forbes that giving the 747-8 to the U.S. would allow the Qataris to avoid maintenance costs that were only getting higher—with the 747 fleet shrinking worldwide and fewer mechanics available who know how to work on them.

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What happens when all the poor people die off, and the rich are just left with their relative wealth to one another trying to understand what wealth actually means in the absence of poverty

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-naked-sun-isaac-asimov/11418127?ean=9780553293395&next=t

The Naked Sun.

Classic sci-fi about an Earth detective sent to solve a crime on a planet where all the humans live in private mansions with thousands of robot servants.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah, one of the more memorable ones. Asimov was eerily prescient with his descriptions of videocalls, though I cant wait for background blending to happen.

And yeah, I hear you. Planet of mostly robots, populated by 5 people.

[–] refutablewife@reddthat.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They don't want or need all of us to live. King-shit 101, baby.

Only a few real players left on this monopoly board, how's that game usually end?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Someone flipping the board

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

That's why they have autonation for that. Who needs the plebs if they just murder all of us with their Terminators.