Trump Tours Boeing Plane Amid Frustration Over Delays in New Air Force One Delivery (Connecting the Dots: The Boeing Company, Commercial Club of Chicago & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Trump
toured a Boeing aircraft in West Palm Beach as the company struggles with
delays in delivering two new Air Force One jets.
By
Tom Ozimek 2/15/2025 Updated: 2/16/2025
The
Epoch Times
President
Donald Trump toured a new Boeing plane at an
airport in West Palm Beach on Saturday to inspect the hardware and technology
as the company struggles to complete two delayed U.S. presidential aircraft
known as Air Force One.
White
House spokesperson Steven Cheung confirmed on Feb. 15 the Trump tour and hinted
at the administration’s frustration over the Air Force One delivery delays.
“President
Trump is touring a new Boeing plane to checkout the new hardware/technology,“
Cheung said. ”This highlights the project’s failure to deliver a new Air Force
One on time as promised, as they are already 5 years late.”
Trump
arrived at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach on Friday
afternoon, and is set to spend the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The
plane Trump toured has the tail number P4-HBJ, according to
Planespotters.net. It appears to be a 747-8KB model manufactured at Boeing’s
assembly facility in Everett, Washington, and first delivered in 2012. The
plane was initially operated by Qatar Amiri and is currently operated by Global
Jet.
During
Trump’s first term in office, Boeing secured a $3.9 billion contract in 2018 to
build two 747-8 planes that are to serve as the next Air Force One aircraft, replacing the two
current 747-200s in the presidential fleet. The original delivery deadline for
the new 747-8 was December 2024 but the project has been delayed. Deliveries
have been pushed to at least 2027 and 2028 and the project is around $2 billion
over budget.
Boeing
has blamed design changes, labor constraints, and supply chain problems for the
delays.
“Our
team is fighting through a very, very challenging program—two very complex
airplanes,” Ted Colbert, who heads Boeing Defense, Space & Security, said in July 2024. “We’ve done a ton of
investment in our workforce and training, efficiency, work on the factory
floor.”
The
Boeing 747-8s are designed as an airborne White House, capable of operating in
extreme security scenarios, including nuclear war. They are equipped with
military-grade avionics, advanced communications systems, and a self-defense
suite.
Amid
ongoing delays and cost overruns of the two planes, Elon Musk visited Boeing in
late December 2024. Trump tasked Musk with leading the Department of Government
Efficiency (DOGE), which is focused on identifying waste in government
spending.
Commenting
on Musk’s visit, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg told
CNBC in late January that teams were working with the administration to
accelerate delivery.
“The
president wants the airplane sooner, and so we’re working with Elon and the
team to figure what can we do to pull up the schedule of that aircraft,”
Ortberg said, calling the talks with Musk “constructive.”
“They
sincerely are looking at things in the contract or in the process that are
slowing us down that are not providing value,” Ortberg added.
Boeing
did not respond to a request for comment and clarification on the latest
expected delivery timeline for the presidential planes.
Connecting
the Dots:
Air Force One is the official air traffic control-designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States.
The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used to transport the president,
and as a metonym for the primary presidential aircraft, VC-25, although it can be used to refer to any Air Force
aircraft the president travels on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One
Darleen A. Druyun was
a deputy general manager for the Boeing Company and a principal
deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Air Force.
Robert D.
Bauerlein was a VP for the Boeing Company and a deputy
undersecretary for the U.S. Air Force.
George K.
Muellner was a division president for the Boeing Company
and a lieutenant general for the U.S. Air Force.
John A. Gordon was
a general in the U.S. Air Force and is a lifetime
director for the
Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Michael V. Hayden was
a general in the U.S. Air Force and is a director
at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Richard L. Lawson was
a general in the U.S. Air Force and is a director
at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Joseph W. Ralston was
a general in the U.S. Air Force and is a lifetime
director for the
Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Brent Scowcroft was
a lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force and is the chair,
international advisory board for the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
Charles F. Wald was
a general in the U.S. Air Force and is a
director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Michael P.C. Carns was a general in the U.S. Air Force and
a director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations.
Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. is a lifetime
director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank)
and a director at the Boeing Company.
Stanley O. Roth is
a VP for the Boeing Company and was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
James L. Jones
Jr. was a director at the Boeing Company and is a director
at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Rozanne L. Ridgway was
a director at the Boeing Company and a co-chair for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Stanley Ebner was
the SVP at the Boeing Company and is a lifetime director for the
Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations and was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld,
LLP and Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing
Company.
Kenneth M.
Duberstein is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a director at the Boeing Company.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), a life trustee at Carnegie Mellon University and
married to John F. Kerry.
Ted Colbert launched
the Analytic Lab for Aerospace Data at Carnegie Mellon University and heads Boeing Defense,
Space & Security.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Colbert_III
Career
Afterwards,
he became the chief information officer of Boeing’s Information
Technology & Data Analytics division.[1] During his time as CIO, Colbert
launched the Analytic Lab for Aerospace Data at Carnegie
Mellon University.
Andrew Carnegie was
the endowed predecessor school for the Carnegie
Mellon University and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder
for the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Eric H. Holder Jr. was an
intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and a
trustee at the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Morehouse School of Medicine is a medical
school at Morehouse College.
Billye Aaron is a
director emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund,
and a trustee at Morehouse College.
William M. Lewis Jr. is a
co-chair emeritus for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund,
and a trustee at Morehouse College.
Andrew J. Young is a senior
director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and a
trustee at Morehouse College.
Ted Colbert attended
Morehouse College, a historically black college, for his undergraduate
degree.
Theodore (Ted)
Colbert III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Colbert_III
Early life and
education
Colbert attended Morehouse
College, a historically
black college, for his undergraduate degree.
Otis Moss III is a trustee at Morehouse College, Otis
Moss Jr’s son, and a pastor at the Trinity United Church of
Christ (Chicago).
Oprah Winfrey was
a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for
the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Jeremiah A.
Wright Jr. was a member of the African American Religious
Leadership Committee, Harold Washington’s adviser, and is
a senior pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity United Church of
Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan was
awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter
Newsmagazine, the organizer for the Million Man March, and the
acting head for the Nation of Islam.
Barack Obama was
a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), the
candidate for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign an intern
at Sidley Austin LLP and Madelyn Payne Dunham was his
maternal grandmother.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a director at
the Boeing Company and a partner at Mayer Brown.
Madelyn Payne
Dunham was an aircraft inspector for the Boeing Company
and Barack Obama’s maternal grandmother.
Valerie B. Jarrett is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for
the Barack Obama administration and her great uncle is Vernon E.
Jordan Jr.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, Antoinette
Cook Bush’s stepfather, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
James
A. Bell is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago and was an EVP & CFO for the Boeing Company.
Edward M. Liddy is a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a director at the Boeing
Company.
William M. Daley is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago was a director at
the Boeing Company, a partner at Mayer Brown and the
chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Susan C. Schwab is
a strategic adviser for Mayer Brown, a director at the Boeing
Company and a board of visitor’s chair for the United States Air
Force Academy.
Scott Parven was
a chairman, public policy for Mayer Brown and is a partner at Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing
Company.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great
uncle, Antoinette Cook Bush’s stepfather, an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a senior
director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Eric H. Holder Jr. was
an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and a
trustee at the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Morehouse
School of Medicine is a medical school at Morehouse College.
Billye Aaron is
a director emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund,
and a trustee at Morehouse College.
William M. Lewis
Jr. is a co-chair emeritus for the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, and a trustee at Morehouse College.
Andrew J. Young is
a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
and a trustee at Morehouse College.
Ted Colbert attended
Morehouse College, a historically black college, for his undergraduate
degree.
Theodore
(Ted) Colbert III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Colbert_III
Early
life and education
Colbert attended Morehouse
College, a historically black college, for his
undergraduate degree.
Michael A. Lawson is
a trustee at Morehouse College and was a partner at Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Antoinette Cook
Bush was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP and is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s stepdaughter.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Antoinette Cook Bush’s stepfather, a
senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie
B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a senior director at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing
Company.
Valerie B. Jarrett is
Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration.
Barack Obama was
the president for the Barack Obama administration and an intern at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother,
Teresa Heinz Kerry’s brother-in-law and a fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Kenneth M.
Duberstein is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a director at the Boeing Company.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), a life trustee at Carnegie Mellon University,
Cameron F. Kerry’s sister-in-law and married to John F. Kerry.
Ted Colbert launched
the Analytic Lab for Aerospace Data at Carnegie Mellon University and heads
Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
Theodore
(Ted) Colbert III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Colbert_III
Career
Afterwards,
he became the chief information officer of Boeing’s Information
Technology & Data Analytics division.[1] During his time as CIO, Colbert
launched the Analytic Lab for Aerospace Data at Carnegie
Mellon University.
Andrew Carnegie was
the endowed predecessor school for the Carnegie Mellon University
and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
Eric H. Holder Jr. was
an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and a
trustee at the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Morehouse
School of Medicine is a medical school at Morehouse College.
Billye Aaron is
a director emeritus at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund,
and a trustee at Morehouse College.
William M. Lewis
Jr. is a co-chair emeritus for the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, and a trustee at Morehouse College.
Andrew J. Young is
a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
and a trustee at Morehouse College.
Ted Colbert attended
Morehouse College, a historically black college, for his undergraduate
degree.
Theodore
(Ted) Colbert III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Colbert_III
Early
life and education
Colbert attended Morehouse
College,
a historically black college, for his undergraduate degree.
Otis Moss III is a trustee at Morehouse College, Otis
Moss Jr’s son and a pastor at the Trinity United Church of
Christ (Chicago).
Oprah Winfrey was
a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for
the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Jeremiah A.
Wright Jr. was a member of the African American Religious
Leadership Committee, Harold Washington’s adviser and is a
senior pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity United Church of
Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan was
awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter
Newsmagazine, the organizer for the Million Man March and the
acting head for the Nation of Islam.
Barack Obama was
a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), the
candidate for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign an intern
at Sidley Austin LLP and Madelyn Payne Dunham was his
maternal grandmother.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a director at
the Boeing Company and a partner at Mayer Brown.
Madelyn Payne
Dunham was an aircraft inspector for the Boeing Company
and Barack Obama’s maternal grandmother.
James L. Jones Jr. was a
director at the Boeing Company and is a director for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Committee for Economic Development.
Kenneth M.
Duberstein was the VP for the Committee for Economic Development
and is a director at the Boeing Company.
Donna S. Morea was
a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and the EVP for
the CGI Group Inc.
Barbara G. Fast was
a VP for the CGI Group Inc and a VP at the Boeing Company.
CGI Group Inc. was
the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov
web site.
Obamacare is Barack
Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Barack Obama’s signature
policy initiative was Obamacare, the president for the Barack
Obama administration and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
James A. Bell is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was an EVP & CFO
for the Boeing Company.
Edward M. Liddy is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a director at
the Boeing Company.
James L. Jones
Jr. was a director at the Boeing Company and is a director
for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations, Jonathan Soros’s father and
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Roosevelt Institute.
Jonathan Soros is George
Soros’s son and a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt is the chair for the Roosevelt Institute, an advisory
board member for the Wheelchair Foundation and was a VP corporate
citizenship for the Boeing Company.
Mikhail Gorbachev is
an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, was the
general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and
the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Robert S. Strauss was
a U.S. ambassador for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR),
and a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing
Company.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and Antoinette
Cook Bush’s stepfather.
Antoinette Cook
Bush is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s stepdaughter and was a
partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Michael A. Lawson
was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and is
a trustee at Morehouse College.
Theodore
(Ted) Colbert III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Colbert_III
Early
life and education
Colbert attended Morehouse
College,
a historically black college, for his undergraduate degree.
Otis Moss III is a trustee at Morehouse College, Otis
Moss Jr’s son and a pastor at the Trinity United Church of
Christ (Chicago).
Oprah Winfrey was
a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for
the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Jeremiah A.
Wright Jr. was a member of the African American Religious
Leadership Committee, Harold Washington’s adviser and is a
senior pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity United Church of
Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan was
awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter
Newsmagazine, the organizer for the Million Man March and the
acting head for the Nation of Islam.
Barack Obama was
a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), the
candidate for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign an intern
at Sidley Austin LLP and Madelyn Payne Dunham was his
maternal grandmother.
Madelyn Payne
Dunham was Barack Obama’s maternal grandmother and an
aircraft inspector for the Boeing Company.
Resources:
Past Research
Donald
Trump Blasts Boeing for $4 Billion Air Force One: ‘Cancel Order!’ (Past Research on the U.S. Air Force & the Boeing
Company)
Thursday,
December 8, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/12/donald-trump-blasts-boeing-for-4.html
Boeing
Dumps CA Workers Over Ex-Im Bank (Past Research on
the Boeing Company)
Thursday,
August 27, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/08/boeing-dumps-ca-workers-over-ex-im-bank.html
Obama
appoints Muslim to special assistant in Office of Director for U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services in DHS (Past Research on
the Carnegie Mellon University)
Sunday,
January 18, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/01/15.html
Did
Black Lives Matter Organizer Shaun King Mislead Oprah Winfrey By Pretending To
Be Biracial? (Past Research on Morehouse College)
Thursday,
August 20, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/08/did-black-lives-matter-organizer-shaun.html
Hours
After John Kerry Demands Green Transition Accelerated – His Emissions Closet
Swings Wide Open (Connecting the Dots: Cameron Kerry, John Kerry, Teresa Heinz
Kerry, Soros, the Climate Reality Project, the Brookings Institution (think
tank), the EPA and onto the FDA, Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson. It’s the
Network That Never Ends. One Project (Climate Change) Just bleeds into the Next
(Covid Project)) (Past Research on Cameron Kerry
& Teresa Heinz Kerry)
Thursday,
July 21, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/07/hours-after-john-kerry-demands-green.html
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