On Friday, Donald Trump tried to fly to Bozeman, Montana for a campaign event. There was something wrong with his private plane – referred to as Trump Force One by MAGAt morons – and the plane had to land in Billings, Montana, two hours away from Bozeman. There was a rumor going around that it wasn’t mechanical issues which caused the abrupt change in plans, but a financial issue. As in, Trump has left a trail of debt all across the country because he and his campaign refuse to pay their bills. Bills for arenas, bills for security, bills for jet fuel and plane hangars. While it’s more than possible that Trump’s emergency landing was related to his financial woes, it now appears that there was something wrong with his plane. Trump Force One has been grounded indefinitely. So Trump decided to fly around in Jeffrey Epstein’s old plane, colloquially known as the Lolita Express.
Donald Trump took several trips over the weekend on a private jet once owned by Jeffrey Epstein. His campaign took several flights in a Gulfstream G550 plane, emblazoned with the code N550GP on its tail. Local news outlets reported on throngs of Trump supporters — and protesters — watching the plane land in Aspen and Jackson Hole to watch the Republican presidential nominee disembark. Some of Trump’s fans expressed disappointment that the plane wasn’t as big as the Trump Force One.
That Gulfstream jet also once carried Jeffrey Epstein, who used the tail number N212JE while he owned it, up until his death in 2019. Epstein used the plane for the last flight of his life, from Paris to New Jersey’s Teterboro airport, where the FBI arrested him on sex-trafficking charges.
Federal Aviation Administration records show the plane carries the serial number 5173, corresponding to the same plane when used under a different registration by Epstein, according to data from JetSpy, an aviation data company. It’s common for new owners to change a plane’s “N-number” when registering a newly leased or purchased aircraft.
What’s fascinating about this is that Trump supporters spent years screaming about Jeffrey Epstein because they hoped that Epstein’s secret files would reveal his sordid associations with Democrats. Instead, as additional Epstein files are released, Trump’s name appears all over the place. Trump and Epstein were very good friends. Close associates. Trafficking buddies, most likely. What’s also interesting is that Democrats couldn’t really get people to pay attention to Trump’s name appearing all over the Epstein files, and then Trump started flying around on Epstein’s old plane. Congressman Ted Lieu jumped at the chance to educate people soon after it was pointed out that Trump was using Epstein’s plane. Like… are we ever really going to get answers about Epstein’s (highly sus) in-custody death?
Trump is all over the Epstein files:
1. Photos of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein
2. Video of Trump at Epstein party
3. Multiple flight logs of Trump on Epstein’s plane
4. Lawsuit alleging misconduct by Trump/Epstein
5. Weird statements by Trump about Epstein
6. And now this 👇 https://t.co/EvohPSCGhC
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 12, 2024
Photos courtesy of Getty & Backgrid.
There’s not enough disinfectant on the planet that would let me walk on that plane…
@Molly! I said the same thing! He’s been on it before…
My thought too. There is not enough sage, salt, and Lysol in the world to disinfect that thing.
Ted Lieu has been doing the most to make Epstein an issue for Trump and the media keep ignoring him. I’m guessing this will finally break through.
If this is a leased plane, that company knew exactly what plane they were leasing him even if he and his team didn’t think to look into it. If the trump campaign is purchasing more planes instead of opening campaign offices maybe it’s time to revoke his bail.
Start with his passport…
I was unaware until Montana that Trump owes millions of dollars in unpaid bills to airports and venues throughout the US. Maybe, THIS is something that the news can start highlighting and concentrating on??
This is nothing new. He notoriously stiffs everyone for all his bills always.
Not paying venues also factored into the incident that lead to the maxipad on his ear. The campaign, before he got spooked and apparently stopped doing live campaign events, was appearing in a lot of open air events because so many indoor venues won’t allow him to book due to outstanding debts. Where is the money going? Please, please, please widely report this. A “billionaire” who can’t pay his bills is weird.
Tealily and TN Democrat, True! Obviously, I should have thought of his lawyers, for example. And yet, I am still amazed that he has not paid so many venues in Montana. Or elsewhere. Good point about his ear maxi pad being because he’s stiffed so many indoor venues…
I still think that this should be a major, major story this election cycle. We deserve to see how he is s deadbeat—especially since he’s stiffing mostly the people who are most likely to vote for him.
And it is WEIRD that a milliony-billionaire can’t afford to pay.
TN can you imagine a forensic accountant trying to work on all that? So much coming in, no really campaigning to speak of.
He’s always been a sham though, not paying people for their work, and still always bankrupt.
He’s always lived off other people’s money. In NY, NJ, FL, if you work in real estate development or construction, it’s been widely known for decades that Tr*mp either doesn’t pay bills, or will only pay half. He’ll pay a deposit to get you started, and then stiff you for the rest. It’s why he stopped being able to do his own projects in NYC. Other developers partnered with him and put his name on buildings for the publicity, because the general public were ignorant of what Tr*mp always was (a POS), but no construction companies would work directly for him anymore.
Don Jr and Eric are running the Trump companies now. If No construction companies will work with them how is Trump Inc. surviving?
As someone who works in PR … why? Why would he use this plane.
Probably feels like home I guess.
That’s what I thought, as well. It’s just one piece of filth replacing another.
Yeah! I bet Trump gets all nostalgic when he enters that craft. Yuck!
It now belongs to a top California GOP donor and real estate developer James Previti 🙄
@swaz – Is this the James Previti who’s loaning Epstein’s former plane to tRump? –
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanoleck/2023/06/13/corruption-and-a-dead-russian-oligarch-are-only-part-of-the-story-of-how-cannabis-came-to-a-california-desert-town/
If so, there’s more info on Adelanto in LA Times:
Adelanto wants to be the ‘Silicon Valley of medical marijuana (5/22/17), and
Former Adelanto mayor sentenced to prison in cannabis bribery scheme (8/4/23).
It’s all come full circle for Trump. He’s back on his buddy Epstein’s plane where they reportedly shared some good times. Most politicians would bend over backwards to avoid any reminder of friendship with Epstein, but I guess Trump can revisit happy memories.
The thing with Trump is that he truly believes he’s Teflon Don – he thinks he can do whatever he wants and expects to get away with it and mostly he does.
He totally could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and get away with it. Our media is a joke. Not a funny one.
Not owning a private jet myself, I have no idea what you do when your plane breaks down and you need to get hold of another quickly. However, I am absolutely convinced that someone on the inside of his campaign is desperately trying to sabotage Trump. Jeffrey Epstein is one of those people who is fairly universally despised. Of course, that’s probably a huge plus for someone like Trump.
The narcissism of Cheeto and the stupidity of his cult followers. He is in everyone’s face showing his connection with Epstein and knows he can get away with it. And SCOTUS made it worse basically saying he can do whatever he wants with no consequences.
Hmm.. well how did that happen lol. Of course he is using the Lolita express plane. He knows where everything thing is on that plane having been on it multiple times.
It’s not his first time flying on it.
Wasn’t trump specifically asked if he would release all the Epstein papers and he said no? That really says it all if you ask me. Anyone out there acting like trump wasn’t a part of all that is lying to themselves. I hope one day it all comes out and trump supporters are ashamed of themselves. I seriously doubt that there will be any feelings of shame but one can hope.
“Some of Trump’s fans expressed disappointment that the plane wasn’t as big as the Trump Force One.”
Mentally, MAGAts really are a bunch of fucking toddlers, aren’t they? Can you even imagine giving a flying fuck about the size of a candidate’s plane? FFS.
He could murder ppl on 5th in every city and his supporters would justify it and cheer him on.
The only way out is to eradicate him in November.
And to stay far away from them.
The contempt and hatred that now exists within my brain and soul from this MAGA movement has created such darkness.