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| Donald Trump's refrigerator upgrade for Air Force One set to cost $24m | |
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| Officials sign deal with Boeing to replace two food chilling systems | Officials sign deal with Boeing to replace two food chilling systems |
| Plane’s fridges must be equipped to handle 3,000 meals per day | Plane’s fridges must be equipped to handle 3,000 meals per day |
| Tom McCarthy | Tom McCarthy |
| Sat 27 Jan 2018 14.29 GMT | |
| First published on Fri 26 Jan 2018 22.22 GMT | First published on Fri 26 Jan 2018 22.22 GMT |
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| What hums, flies above 30,000ft, and costs about as much as Donald Trump’s upstate New York manor? | What hums, flies above 30,000ft, and costs about as much as Donald Trump’s upstate New York manor? |
| Trump’s new airplane refrigerators. | Trump’s new airplane refrigerators. |
| The Trump administration has signed a $24m contract with Boeing to replace two food chilling systems aboard Air Force One, the president’s plane, according to reports. | The Trump administration has signed a $24m contract with Boeing to replace two food chilling systems aboard Air Force One, the president’s plane, according to reports. |
| The systems are two of five such “chillers” aboard Air Force One, which must be equipped with a refrigeration capacity to handle 3,000 meals, according to military specifications. | The systems are two of five such “chillers” aboard Air Force One, which must be equipped with a refrigeration capacity to handle 3,000 meals, according to military specifications. |
| That’s enough to feed the president and 50 of his closest friends three meals a day for three weeks. And that’s assuming the president never indulged in his favorite plane fare: fast food. | That’s enough to feed the president and 50 of his closest friends three meals a day for three weeks. And that’s assuming the president never indulged in his favorite plane fare: fast food. |
| The $24m price tag, upon which Boeing declined to comment, amounts to enough taxpayer money to fund an estimated eight weekends for the president at Mar-a-Lago, which Trump visited 11 times in his first year as president. | The $24m price tag, upon which Boeing declined to comment, amounts to enough taxpayer money to fund an estimated eight weekends for the president at Mar-a-Lago, which Trump visited 11 times in his first year as president. |
| Or the cash could be used to provide security at Trump Tower in New York City, where the president no longer lives, for about two months. | Or the cash could be used to provide security at Trump Tower in New York City, where the president no longer lives, for about two months. |
| As president-elect, Trump trashed Boeing’s stock by attacking on Twitter the high-priced Air Force One program. | As president-elect, Trump trashed Boeing’s stock by attacking on Twitter the high-priced Air Force One program. |
| “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion,” Trump tweeted. “Cancel order!” | “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion,” Trump tweeted. “Cancel order!” |
| It’s not clear where Trump got the $4bn figure; at the time Boeing had a $170m contract to begin work on the next Air Force One. | It’s not clear where Trump got the $4bn figure; at the time Boeing had a $170m contract to begin work on the next Air Force One. |
| The term “Air Force One” refers not to any particular aircraft but to any plane carrying the president. The list price for the 747 airplanes outfitted as Air Force One is about $350m, but customizing the planes costs much more. | The term “Air Force One” refers not to any particular aircraft but to any plane carrying the president. The list price for the 747 airplanes outfitted as Air Force One is about $350m, but customizing the planes costs much more. |
| A consultant told Defense One that the plane was expensive not because Boeing was gouging the government but because military requirements for the craft are expensive to fulfill. | A consultant told Defense One that the plane was expensive not because Boeing was gouging the government but because military requirements for the craft are expensive to fulfill. |
| “It’s not a contractor issue, it is a requirements issue,” said Richard Aboulafia, vice-president of analysis at the Teal Group consulting firm. “It’s not getting people rich.” | “It’s not a contractor issue, it is a requirements issue,” said Richard Aboulafia, vice-president of analysis at the Teal Group consulting firm. “It’s not getting people rich.” |
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