Posted on 12/02/2018 12:09:56 PM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Trump will send his Air Force One plane to Texas after 'all of the seats' are taken out to bring former President George H.W. Bush's remains to Washington where he will lie in state before dramatic funeral and burial in Texas
The remains of former President George Herbert Walker Bush will return to Washington in the most dramatic and distinguished fashion possible, occupying the plane that normally serves as Air Force One.
President Donald Trump told reporters of the plan aboard the aircraft as they returned from the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
'So what were doing with the plane we land, and then they come in, and these are great people that run these aircraft. They are unbelievable,' he said.
'And theyre taking apart I dont think this section. The section up front, Theyre taking all of the seats out. ... Were sending the plane, this plane, to Houston. And it picks up the casket.'
Earlier on Saturday, Trump said during a photo-op with Chinese President Xi Jinping that the final flight to Washington 'is a special tribute that he deserves very much. And it's my honor. And again, he'll be missed. He'll be greatly missed. He was a terrific person and terrific man.'
The aircraft won't use the callsign 'Air Force One' on Sunday since the current president won't be on board. The U.S. Air Force will choose another moniker for the flight.
Trump's assigned aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, isn't the same one that was in service while George H.W. Bush was president. Bush used the same customized 707 that had functioned as Air Force Once since Richard Nixon was president.
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In Houston on the grounds of his Presidential Library, I believe I heard.
So it goes there empty?
It seems like a waste of fuel, and maybe a lot of work to take out all the seats.
How about Lincoln style (train)?
Sunset Limited to New Orleans, then the Crescent to Washington DC.
If you put Bush’s coffin on Amtrak, it’s likely to arrive days late or not at all.
Roger that.
He's got the mentality of an engineer. He notices how the parts fit together.
Take the seats out of the press area. Then don’t put them back.
A State Funeral is the final perk one gets for having been a U.S. President. This will only be the 39th in the 242 years of our history. It’s a solemn historical moment and a time for pause and reflection, not bean counting.
That’s why I won’t be watching any of the coverage this week. Even Martha MCcallum will play tape of the primaries with Trump saying things against the Bushes. The whole event will be used to bash Trump no matter how gracious and kind he is and will be to the family.
Amen
Typical LSM misleading headline. President Trump was referring to the seats in one section of the plane, not all the seats. They tried to make him sound like an idiot with the headline. /spit
President Trump is honoring President George HW Bush. Couldn’t they keep their leftist bias out for even one story? Apparently too much to ask from these leftist scum.
EVERYONE hated the Bush family, til they started bashing Trump, than EVERYONE in the media, same media that called Bush racist for Katrina, called Bush a murderer for the Iraq war..now ADORE the Bushes because they hate Trump..that simple..hating Trump gets you loved by the commie media
I think we can do without them at this point.
Im all in for former Presidents but NOT Senators.
Texas A&M.
“Where will President Bush be interred?”
At his Presidential Library in College Station TX
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as KENNEDY jetted above Missouri on his way home to California, after he resigned the presidency.
Johnson was sworn in on the same plane that Kennedys body was on before the plane left Dallas
Thank you President Trump...
Amen. My President is wonderful.
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