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On Thursday, reports began surfacing that President Trump was supposedly looking at making some big changes to the new Air Force Ones due to be delivered sometime after the next presidential election. In addition to adding a more comfortable bed, Trump was looking to update the paint scheme which dated to over five decades to President John F. Kennedy. Since the paint job was tied to the Democratic Party icon, CBS was clearly nervous about whatever ghastly ideas the President had.
“There is perhaps no more impressive or majestic symbol of the American presidency than Air Force One,” declared anchor Jeff Glor as they came back from a commercial break. “President Trump believes next generation of the aircraft needs some changes, including a new color scheme.”
As the video report began, CBS transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave touted how the current blue and white look of the Boeing 747s “owes its iconic look to President John F Kennedy and his wife Jackie.” “But they may drop the iconic look for a new Trump-inspired red, white, and blue design,” he said.
In an interesting look back at history, Cleave noted that Trump wouldn’t be the first president to change the look of the presidential aircraft:
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