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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reportedly authorized the purchase of 10 Spirit Airlines planes before she realized that the airlines didnt own the planes. Also, none of the planes came with engines.
Noem, along with Department of Homeland Security adviser Corey Lewandowski, had recently planned to buy 10 Boeing 737 jets from the budget airline, Spirit Airlines. The plan was to use the jets to deport immigrants that have been snatched off the streets by masked agents under orders from Trump.
Sources told the Journal that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials had already cautioned the two that buying the planes would be more expensive than just expanding existing flight contracts. And when officials looked at the proposal, they noticed that Spirit Airlines didnt actually own the planes, and that none of the planes came with engines.
Along with using the jets to carry out more deportations, the Journal reported that Noem had also intended to use the jets for personal travel. FBI Director Kash Patel has recently come under scrutiny for using a $60 million FBI jet to go see his girlfriend perform The Star-Spangled Banner at a wrestling event in Pennsylvania.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kristi-noem-reportedly-authorized-purchase-190122856.html
Trump knows all the best people.
UpInArms
(53,705 posts)Its under the sewer
Retrograde
(11,339 posts)they grab a shovel and start digging. Didnt the government used to have people who vetter large purchases like this?
Irish_Dem
(77,800 posts)malaise
(291,003 posts)That is all
Irish_Dem
(77,800 posts)His wife and her boyfriend making headlines with their hi jinx.
Internet says Kristi and Bryan are still married.
Johonny
(25,053 posts)And criminals.
AllaN01Bear
(27,996 posts)Sneederbunk
(16,968 posts)Although the wait time on the tarmac would be excruciating.
oasis
(53,175 posts)Initech
(106,872 posts)God this administration fucking sucks.
KS Toronado
(22,015 posts)for a vacation in Hawaii and all the fuel he wasted doing so, but dumpie will use it 3 times a week golfing.
NBachers
(19,028 posts)LilElf70
(1,206 posts)WTF is going on in Washington. And Trump thinks this is OK? Haven't heard a word from him .
He certainly picks the sharp ones, doesn't he?
I mean,,,,,, this is like buying a used car with no engine. This stunt in no way passes the sniff test. It don't pass any test known to mankind. Unbelievable.
DFW
(59,342 posts)No one noticed that the planes were a little slow getting off the ground?
bluesbassman
(20,352 posts)Its actually something of a hindrance to advancement.