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President Donald Trump’s preferred paint colors will be applied to the new planes which will serve as Air Force One, an Air Force official tells CNN.

The new heavily modified Boeing 747s, which the military designates VC-25B, will be painted red, white, gold and dark blue, a color scheme proposed during Trump’s first term in office but reversed by the Biden administration.

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[–] n0respect@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gold. How fukken basic. Basic bitch.

[–] JamieDub86@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He needs you to know how rich and classy he is.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actual rich person: Wears a $2000 basic black t-shirt because it fits perfectly and is comfy

Fake rich idiot: paints his company plane his favourite colour

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fake rich idiot’s approach won him the admiration of America’s dumbest 40%. Hard to argue against: it works. Tacky as shit though, but happy it gives enemy nations a shinier target that stands out from commuter jets…

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

He thinks it's 2500 BCE.