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[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 139 points 1 month ago (2 children)

“Man, I sure have some great memories on this thing” -Trump, probably

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

"My custom white gloves are on the top shelf, where they keep the PenIs Butter"

-- DJT

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Take me home, foreign-agent-road

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 44 points 1 month ago

Lmao. Come on.....no way.....

checks if it's The Onion

Lmao!!

Sweet Jesus this motherfucker is a peice of work.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

WHAT KINDA COUCHES DOES IT HAVE?

—JD Vance yelling, probably

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

(Heavy breathing )

twi... twi-twi-twins?

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago

"stop, my dick can only get so hard" - couch fucking cross dressing, boot licking Vance

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Serendipity or Schadenfreude?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like a husband and wife pair at a kink fest.

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Somebody has a sense of humor. There's no way the Trump team would have thought to look into this so this is the leasing entity being cheeky. But, it was probably just a matter of the plane being ready.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Records indicate that an aviation company, according to Reddit user u/shiruken, bought the plane from an LLC linked to Epstein in February 2021

Shouldn’t the journalist at least verify these claims before publishing an article?

How the fuck is a reddit user a source?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago

Because the reddit user linked to a set of reliable sources for everything except the photo of the jet showing its tail number and use by the Trump campaign (which they provided)

The journalist then discovered that a local news outlet had published a photo of the same jet including tail number being used by the Trump campaign, so they had the full chain of evidence without depending on a reddit user's say-so.

[–] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

At least there’ll be familiarity.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What's the point of this article?

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Probably to continue pointing out what a pedophile rapist tRump is. If I had to guess.

Edit: Oh, oh! And by extension how gross and weird everybody is who defends him!

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

"Trump's jet malfunctioned—its replacement appears to have been owned by Jeffrey Epstein"

I typed this one in Braille.

[–] FiremanEdsRevenge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Reading the article helps.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Yet another fantastic choice by this weirdo.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Wow. That is wild.

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It's not like Jeff was using it anymore.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

In his defence, it was a really good price. They gave him the black-light special pricing.

50% off if you promise to never shine a black light in there.

[–] Blackout@kbin.run 2 points 1 month ago

Everybody got one on their 10th visit.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“According to reddit user /u/blyatcorp” - okay stop.

I need a news story to not have random redditors as the only source.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's why they included the links that person provided, which document the historical ownership of the plane.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~Fair, but two things:~~

~~* “The origins of the photo aren’t exactly clear. According to u/shiruken, the photo was first posted by the redditor u/ChuckBarley. Neither account responded to inquiries sent by the Daily Dot.” is still the problem as “the photo” is the linking evidence~~ ~~* All of the info was copy/pasted. The author could have referenced their own search, and it’d be easy to do but they didn’t.~~

~~Which isn’t to say it isn’t believable, it is, just that it’s conjecture because they ran the story without verifying it.~~

Edit: looks like they ‘confirmed’ it via an Xitter account, which - is something? I guess?

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

The sources are all public information:

This aircraft’s old designation was N212JE (note the matching serial number) and was previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein (note the last two letters of the tail number),” they wrote. “The registration history shows it was owned by Epstein’s Plan D, LLC in the U.S. Virgin Islands before being transferred to N550GP, LLC in February 2021. The tail number was subsequently changed to N550GP in July 2021.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not the only source. That was the person who noticed it and made the connection. The authors then did their own investigation and confirmed that it was true.

The Air Current, an outlet that provides, according to its X bio, “data-driven reporting & analysis on the business, technology, and strategy of flying,” stated on Monday that it confirmed that Epstein previously owned the plane used by Trump.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah okay, thank you. I wonder if that was an update to the story - that was all I was looking for.

It’s still hinging on a social media account (The Air Current) but it’s corroboration at least.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think it is; the one that that account had that wasn't initially sourced elsewhere was a photo of the plane tying it to the Trump campaign and showing the tail number. Per the article local news subsequently posted such a photo

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Gotta admit, the plane in the local news pic? Pretty pedo-y. Like the jet equivalent of a cargo van with “Free Candy” spray painted on it.