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Washington Rep. Joe Courtney on Wednesday threw a big wrench into President Donald Trumps plans to paint the iconic Air Force One jets red, white and blue.
During a marathon hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on a bill that will authorize Pentagon spending for 2020, Courtney, D-2nd District, introduced an amendment that restricts spending on any changes made to the white and sky-blue Boeing airplanes that have served as presidential transport since the early 1960s.
Courtneys amendment, adopted by committee members on a 31-26 party line vote, would require congressional approval for excessive spending on interior, paint and fixtures.
More:
https://ctmirror.org/2019/06/12/courtney-foils-trumps-red-white-blue-air-force-one-plan/
Vinca
(50,300 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Talk about disgusting. Maybe when it comes to expensive designer clothes. But Melania will never be a Jackie Kennedy-Onasis or Michelle Obama for that matter.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,806 posts)You can't buy class.
RussellCattle
(1,535 posts)....a Greek multimillionaire shipping magnate and when she married him it was generally understood to be "for the money".
demigoddess
(6,644 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)When Robert Kennedy was killed she felt people were going after the Kennedys to kill them. She knew Onassis would protect them.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,806 posts)She always used to have company all the time, and all the sudden it got very quiet, McKeon said in an interview. She was by herself at night, and I think she was very lonely. She needed somebody to talk to.
And she was thinking of her children.
A lot of people said, Oh, my God, what did she marry that guy for? But he was a good father to John and Caroline, McKeon remembered. He would sit with them at the dining room table and ask how was school. He might have been an older man, but he paid attention to them, and they loved him.
flying_wahini
(6,634 posts)He offered her protection from the prying eyes and apparently a really fun guy.
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)kimbutgar
(21,174 posts)Vinca
(50,300 posts)iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)FakeNoose
(32,706 posts)But maybe she never posed for a photo in a red dress.
I do get your point though - there's no comparison of the current "first lady" with ANY former one.
malaise
(269,144 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)I love when the True Believers melt down.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Jackie had style, Melania has cash
Jackie Style
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/g1370/jackie-kennedy-onassis-style-0111/?slide=19
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)[link:?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980 |
Beautiful, elegant, stylish, classy...Jackie....
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)as well as her work with historic preservation in NYC, especially Grand Central Station.
Thankfully, there's very little that can be done to the public rooms at the WH but we can only imagine how the Trumps have trashed the family quarters. I imagine Jackie is turning in her grave.
Me.
(35,454 posts)But Dendurs story gets especially dramatic in the late 1950s, when Egypt began preparations for the new Aswan High Dam off the Nile. Although the proposal would provide irrigation and hydroelectric power to Egypts growing population, it would also drown several ancient structures built along the rivers banksDendur among them. With the Egyptian government lacking resources to pay for the relocation of the ancient structures, UNESCO launched a fundraising campaign, and the U.S stepped up to the plate. According to some sources, it was Jacqueline Kennedy who urged JFK to convince Congress to approve the $10 million contribution to the cause. In return, Egypt offered the U.S. the Temple of Dendur.
Johnsons administration inherited the task of deciding which institution would receive the temple. As a November 1968 New York Magazine story recalled, Philadelphia was interested in it, Baltimore, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Memphis. There was a real estate operator in Florida; Southern Illinois University was thinking of putting the temple in the Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome after Expo was over; and a group of towns in Southern Illinois with names like Cairo (the little Egypt of Illinois) found in the coincidence of nomenclature sufficient reason for wanting the temple.
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-2-000-year-old-egyptian-temple-ended-manhattan
Many wanted it but the Metropolitan Museum in NY got it and built a special annex to the museum to house it in a fitting manner.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)It is now on my list the next time I'm in New York.
Me.
(35,454 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I love that building, especially the interior. I think it's beautiful. There is something about old train stations that just captivates me. I can't explain it, maybe it has something to do with being brought back to a time when train travel was in its heyday.
And what has Melania done for the nation? Be Best.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Jackie's "be best" campaign? No, neither do I. She was far too intelligent to come up with a classless, meaningless campaign such as that.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)She just was best and let her actions speak volumes.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)needs a brass pole and a bunch of dollar bills stuffed in her crotch to be her best.
smb
(3,473 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)bitterross
(4,066 posts)Trump is all about gaudy displays.
trueblue2007
(17,234 posts)Historic NY
(37,452 posts)the color change light color is easier to see inflight, reduces heat absorption. Dark color tends to fade quicker and is hard to see a night. Its also difficult with areas that tend to have lots of birds. It confuses them. This new plane isn't like the older ones it has a bigger wing span and much more composite materials.
Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)Historic NY
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Historic NY
(37,452 posts)SeattleVet
(5,478 posts)Dark blue on the bottom, a red stripe, then the white at the top.
Makes it look like a cut-rate airliner. His 'new' schemes are very similar to the old US Airways scheme before they were bought out:
https://airlinersgallery.smugmug.com/Airlines-USA6/Us-airways/i-CzfK8qj/A
I like the concept of red, white and blue, Mr. Trump said on Friday. The baby blue of the Kennedy era, he said, doesnt fit with us.
(Yeah, I can agree that it certainly doesn't fit with you at all - it's tasteful, historic, and iconic.)
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,145 posts)and then retained the American Airlines name for the combined company.
gordianot
(15,242 posts)Maybe mirrors on the ceiling and a few slot machines.
RussellCattle
(1,535 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)Another name on the Russian flag...
Loyal Trumpster proudly holding Trump Russian flag
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keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,391 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)demigoddess
(6,644 posts)shoot them down.
thegoose
(3,115 posts)Wrapping his giant orange ass in the flag. What a fuckstick.
JohnnyRingo
(18,638 posts)He has an image to keep you know.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,136 posts)Maybe he wants to impress Putin.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)
In an exclusive story Thursday for Yahoo News, Charles Leerhsen told about his two years of shadowing Trump while writing "Surviving at the Top" in 1988-90.
That was about midway through the 1985-1994 span during which, according to the New York Times, Trump racked up losses over $1 billion, more than any single taxpayer in U.S. history.
Along with "The Art of the Deal," ghostwritten by Tony Schwartz, "Surviving at the Top," helped cement the image of Trump, the savvy businessman.
<snip>
Trump often seemed unengaged by the day-to-day business dealings of his hotels and airline. What did excite him, Leershen writes, were fabric swatches, which he would choose for his hotels' upholstery needs. "Indeed, flipping through fabric swatches seemed at times to be his main occupation. Some days he would do it for hours, then take me in what he always called his 'French military helicopter' to Atlantic City where he looked at more fabric swatches or sometimes small samples of wood paneling."
FBaggins
(26,756 posts)If the Senate doesn't include the same language (and the president sign it of course)... then nobody "foiled" anyone.
More importantly... language like this is pretty regularly ruled unconstitutional. Congress can't appropriate funds and then say "but you have to come back to us for approval before you spend it".
They do it all the time... but presidents can (and do) ignore it.
FuzzyRabbit
(1,969 posts)designed by Raymond Loewy, one of Americas greatest industrial designers. It is a classic, and still holds up. It does not look dated even though it is over a half century old.
Other things Loewy designed: https://www.google.com/search?q=raymond+loewy+designs&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLndny3OniAhWSIzQIHYYgBjsQ_AUIECgB&biw=1114&bih=604
Aristus
(66,436 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)are so many more important things going on. What a stupid, useless human being.