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boonecreek

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9. There's going to be a jet fighter

Reply to sop (Original post)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 04:23 PM

Mar 22

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'Donald Trump Asks Boeing to Design a New Military Jet. He's Naming It After Himself' [View all] sop Mar 22 OP

It will be full of corruption, no one will get paid rurallib Mar 22 #1

Like everything associated with Trump, the F-47 will be a bigger disaster than the F-35. sop Mar 22 #7

Next he'll award himself the award for having the most modesty al bupp Mar 22 #2

To be sold as the "FDT" in other countries newdeal2 Mar 22 #3

It's the Fuck-47 MacKasey Mar 22 #4

Yep, that was my first thought--it will always be the F***-47, whether those three letters are pronounced or not Maeve Mar 22 #6

Rename it bdamomma Mar 22 #31

F-47 Felon. /nt thought crime Mar 22 #33

Ironically that's what the latest Russian jet is called NickB79 Mar 22 #40

I was thinking MurrayDelph Mar 22 #39

Chickenshit Coward BOSSHOG Mar 22 #5

It will be overweight, underpowered, cloudbase Mar 22 #8

"We don't need no stinkin' intelligence!" WestMichRad Mar 22 #29

There's going to be a jet fighter boonecreek Mar 22 #9

hitler liked to micro manage the military too. nt ImNotGod Mar 22 #10

High visibility orange of course Blues Heron Mar 22 #11

what?? B.See Mar 22 #12

and talking about hitler tRump has picked tesla to build his "peoples car" ImNotGod Mar 22 #13

Sure, sure, Boeing has designed so many fighter planes, lets see, the P-26 Peashooter and...can't think of any others.. EX500rider Mar 22 #14

Funny stuff! But Boeing does have a significant experience with military aircraft ... marble falls Mar 22 #17

But fighter planes were never their forte, always bombers etc EX500rider Mar 22 #18

here ... marble falls Mar 22 #20

Boeing assisted on the F-22 with Lockheed DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 22 #24

yep: EX500rider Mar 22 #34

What else would he call it? spanone Mar 22 #15

Typical Mango Jebus buffoonery. Not even designed yet and "Nothing in the world comes even close to it." marble falls Mar 22 #16

Will the doors fall off? Inquiring minds want to know Hekate Mar 22 #19

The "Flying Excrement"? Qutzupalotl Mar 22 #21

I think there's already a "Banshee" ... nt eppur_se_muova Mar 22 #22

"Lying failed gangster"? lindysalsagal Mar 22 #23

It should be labeled the F-34. madinmaryland Mar 22 #25

With the world straining to exist, who the fuck is planning for war with the Chinese but us? Jit423 Mar 22 #26

It's not going to be finished Red Mountain Mar 22 #27

The Flyin' Conman Blue Owl Mar 22 #28

Will it have flames painted on the sides, like a hotrod? Hekate Mar 22 #30

maybe it will have training wheels too DBoon Mar 22 #35

That's a plan Hekate Mar 22 #36

The F-47 Shitgibbon? n/t dobleremolque Mar 22 #32

It doesn't bode well for an aircraft to be named for the guy whose businesses keep crashing and burning. Aristus Mar 22 #37

FU-47 Chickenhawk VGNonly Mar 22 #38