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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 55 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Gold. How fukken basic. Basic bitch.

[–] JamieDub86@piefed.social 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days 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 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 3 days ago

He thinks it's 2500 BCE.

[–] Apollo98@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

A color that is literally technically worse for some plane components. Good job, asshole.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Apollo98@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

No, the darker blue. From the article:

“Further analysis concluded darker colors, among other factors, on the underside of the VC-25B aircraft might contribute to temperatures exceeding the current qualification limits of a small number of components,” a spokesperson said at the time.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 days ago

If you have to tell everyone you're a king, then you're not a king.

Shit brown would be more accurate

[–] atropa@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago

Shit color ?

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 3 days ago

I would've thought something more like those cars with barely dressed anime girls.

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

This is the color scheme of a very small man.