Boeing 747-8

At the same time, the administration has unabashedly normalized foreign gifts and conflicts of interest.

The acceptance of a luxury $400 million Boeing 747-8 jet from the Qatari government, rebranded as Air Force One, stands as an unprecedented and sacrilegious breach of constitutional norms regarding foreign emoluments.

Official schedules routinely mix state business with foreign corporate deals, private resort visits and the high-profile promotion of speculative cryptocurrency ventures designed to enrich family insiders and favoured donors.

This financial apparatus extends to energy initiatives conducted in tandem with foreign oligarchs and international autocrats, including Russian state-aligned energy entities under Vladimir Putin.

For our next story, we are flying across the U.S. to Southern California, where a Lufthansa 747 narrowly avoided a tail strike while landing at Los Angeles International Airport, or LAX.

On October 10, 2026, at around 1.18 p.m. local time, Lufthansa Flight LH456, a Boeing 747-8, was on approach for runway 24R, one of LA's runways pointed to the Pacific.

But as the 747 entered the final stage before touchdown, it began to float down the runway before passing its target touchdown zone.

The pilots did manage to get the wheels on the ground, but then decided that there was not enough runway to slow down safely, resulting in them executing a go-around.

The 747 still does freight, so I think there's space in the bottom of it to bring the planes back in.

Do you know, I read somewhere that the US Air Force has just taken a perfectly beautiful Lufthansa 747 and is dismantling it so it can make sure that Air Force One is in full working order.

Very sneaky.

So me.