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To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program.
President Trump makes no secret of his displeasure over the cost of renovating the Federal Reserve headquarters — around $2.5 billion, or even higher by the president’s accounting.
But getting the White House to discuss another of Washington’s expensive renovation projects, the cost of refurbishing a “free” Air Force One from Qatar, is quite another matter.
Officially, and conveniently, the price tag has been classified. But even by Washington standards, where “black budgets” are often used as an excuse to avoid revealing the cost of outdated spy satellites and lavish end-of-year parties, the techniques being used to hide the cost of Mr. Trump’s pet project are inventive.
His "BIg Beautiful Bill", cut millions of dollars from Medicaid, Never mind the fact that there are thousands of children in this country receive vital, even life saving medical care through Medicaid. Never mind the deep cuts to SNAP and WIC, programs which feed hundreds of thousands of infants and children. Never mind the steep cuts to HEADSTART, which has proven to be great education and children from HEADSTART are more likely to high school and graduate from college. But heaven forbid if he cannot have his "gift" from Qatar upgraded with U. S. Taxpayer Dollars.
President Trump makes no secret of his displeasure over the cost of renovating the Federal Reserve headquarters — around $2.5 billion, or even higher by the president’s accounting.
But getting the White House to discuss another of Washington’s expensive renovation projects, the cost of refurbishing a “free” Air Force One from Qatar, is quite another matter.
Officially, and conveniently, the price tag has been classified. But even by Washington standards, where “black budgets” are often used as an excuse to avoid revealing the cost of outdated spy satellites and lavish end-of-year parties, the techniques being used to hide the cost of Mr. Trump’s pet project are inventive.
His "BIg Beautiful Bill", cut millions of dollars from Medicaid, Never mind the fact that there are thousands of children in this country receive vital, even life saving medical care through Medicaid. Never mind the deep cuts to SNAP and WIC, programs which feed hundreds of thousands of infants and children. Never mind the steep cuts to HEADSTART, which has proven to be great education and children from HEADSTART are more likely to high school and graduate from college. But heaven forbid if he cannot have his "gift" from Qatar upgraded with U. S. Taxpayer Dollars.
