Trump Plans To Repaint Air Force One In His Colors

Politico reports:

If Donald Trump returns to the presidency, he’ll have another shot at achieving a goal that eluded him last time: Changing the colors of Air Force One to his beloved red, white and dark blue. And he’ll likely do it — even though replacing the traditional light-blue-and-white design with Trump’s preferred scheme would be complicated and expensive.

According to three people familiar with the program, there’s still time for Trump to order the color scheme back to his favored palette, similar to the pattern already on his private plane. In 2019, the then-president told ABC host George Stephanopoulos that he wanted to shake up the traditional pattern with a design he made himself.

Read the full article. The belly of Air Force One has always been painted sky blue to make it harder to shoot at from the ground. Trump doesn’t care about that.

SCOOP: If Trump returns to the presidency, he’ll have another shot at changing the colors of Air Force One to red, white and dark blue. And he’ll likely do it — one former senior Trump WH official told me, “Absolutely. 100 percent” he’d change the colors. https://t.co/18W9tim7lF

— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) July 30, 2024