'Nothing to see here': Internet explodes after Trump jet parks next to Russian aircraft

[DemocraticPatriot]

Freelance reporter Andrew Leyden posted a peculiar image to X on Friday: former President Donald Trump's private Boeing 757, sometimes referred to as "Trump Force One," parked next to a diplomatic aircraft for the Russian government at Washington Dulles International Airport.

It's unclear exactly how this happened and it could easily have been a coincidence — this Russian aircraft, an exception to the general ban on Russian planes in U.S. airspace, visits Washington, D.C. every few months to exchange embassy staff — but the sight of these two aircraft parked together triggered a flurry of speculation and jokes, given that the former president famously received support from the Russian government in the 2016 presidential election, and was always close with Russia's strongman leader Vladimir Putin.

Commenters on social media, in particular, offered their own theories about what was going on, with varying degrees of humor.

"Documents exchange," wrote former GOP strategist Ron Filipkowski on X.
"Last weekday in June. Time for the mid-year performance review," wrote Columbia University academic affairs dean Bill Grueskin.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-putin-russia-jet/


File this under "things that make you go Hmmmmmmm"

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. Probably just coincidence. With some preplanning, of course.

Hey, it would look suspicious to be ferrying boxes of classified documents from one end of the airport to the other.

[Beartracks]

2. They weren't just passing Grey Poupon.

[DemocraticPatriot]

4. At least one of them was 'passing' cheeseburgers...

to the misfortune of the diaper handler

[4lbs]

9. But one might have had Grey Poop On...

We all know which one.

[DemocraticPatriot]

10. Bravo! LMAO

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Dear God. Manchurian Candidate

[Beartracks]

25. You know Trump's a Manchurian candidate because he accused Biden of being one. n/t

[Think. Again.]

5. Didn't rightwingers get all upset when Bill Clinton did something similar with someone?

[Vogon_Glory]

8. They probably did. But with right-wingers and Trump

IOKALAYAAR applies. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Now let’s talk about Hillary Clinton’s e-mails or whether that Honolulu place is really part of the United States of America.

[DemocraticPatriot]

11. Yeah, that was further down in the article...

"Bill Clinton happen to be parked next to Loretta Lynch one time and Republicans wanted them executed," wrote podcaster @BlackKnight10k, referring to a conspiracy theory Republicans had that the Clintons were manipulating the former Obama administration attorney general.

[FoxNewsSucks]

12. Yes. With Obama's AG Loretta Lynch.

When I read the title of this thread, that was my first thought also. Why isn't the "librul media" all over this the same way they hounded a Clinton?

It's disgusting.

[Captain Zero]

18. Bill Clinton met a barber in a runway

Is that what you are thinking about?

[Ilsa]

19. Yes, I think his aircraft was parked next to the Attorney

General's (Loretta Lynch) private plane pwhen that AG was looking into Hillary's servers or something like that. Clinton declined and visited the AG, supposedly an innocent visit about family stuff, etc.

[magicarpet]

29. US Attorney General who was reviewing,...

.... Hillary's missing computer files. Bill wanted Hillary publicly cleared of any wrong doings so the cloud did not hang over her head as the election approached. The ReThugs made a huge deal out of Bill's meeting on the tarmac - screaming it was inappropriate and unethical.

Like they have a clue about ethical conduct. Just ask Clarence Thomas and Sammy Alito about that.

[Dan]

6. I have always believed that Trump was a Russian political asset.

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Look at what Trump and his GOP enablers have accomplished during his tenure on the American stage:

1. People no longer trust the press.
2. He has undermined (and is still doing) our faith in the justice system.
3. He has undermined (by his choices) our faith in the judicial system.
4. He has undermined our faith in the rule of law.
5. He has undermined our political system.
6. He has corrupted (as if they needed any help) religion and its leadership.
7. He has attacked our educational system.
8. He has attacked system and our faith in our medical system.
9. He has normalized criminal behavior and encouraged people to applaud corruption as the norm.
10. He has put into place SCOTUS justices that do not believe in an America of this century.
11. He has corrupted an entire political party.
12. He has made the concept of marriage into a Saturday night joke.
13. He has encouraged an America that is no longer welcome to anyone non-(white, male and straight).
14. He has indicated that he will install a dictatorship in this Country and its viewed as acceptable by a third of the population.
15. He has created a condition where one third of the population can no longer distinguish between right and wrong.
16. He has made hatred acceptable.
17. If elected he will turn the military against the American people.
18. He has offered the police in the nation immunity for their acts against American citizens.
19. He intends to make race-based law enforcement the law of the land.
20. Worse of all, he has turned American against Americans on all fronts.

Russia couldn't have done better if they had tried.

Oh, I forgot terrible thing he did that affects us all - the destruction of the Postal Service, that which binds up together. An ongoing slow motion destruction under that asshole in charge.

[DemocraticPatriot]

13. They tried, and have succeeded more than

any REAL American patriot would like to see...

[Hekate]

7. Just a coinkydink

[Bluethroughu]

14. Hurricane files.

[NotASurfer]

15. I switched the words "parks" and "explodes" there

Got a chuckle out of myself. Easily amused I guess

[2naSalit]

16. He always commints his crimes...

In broad daylight.

[FakeNoose]

17. Screenshot from the OP link

This is at 4:49 of the Youtube video:



Trump's jet is on the right, Russia's is on the left. But they are still more than a hundred yards apart.

[brooklynite]

20. No, there IS nothing to see......

Airports aren't parking lots; you don't get to park in any empty space. Air Traffic Control tells you where to put your plane.

Also., it's only in James Bond movies where the villain tells you what he's doing. If Trump wanted to have a meeting with the Russians, he could do so at his golf course or any private establishment.

[myohmy2]

24. I don't know...

...what if the Air Traffic Controller in charge was a top magat operative and trump believed everything private was being bugged by the FBI...?

...that's the ticket...

[orangecrush]

21. "Documents exchange"

Also known as a "brush pass".

[magicarpet]

30. Secret docs for Putie and Russian solid gold ingots for Shitler,...

.... to finance the Orange Fuhrer's second term return trip to the White House.

trDUMP knew thems secret docs could be his ticket back into the Oval so he could then issue a full pardon for himself.

Watch this Fascist Supreme Court expunge all state and federal criminal charges against the Tangerine Poop & Pee Dirty Diaper Man.

[orangecrush]

41. Throw him in jail anyway

New York should ignore the Supreme Court like the pukes do.

Let meal team six save him.

[Karadeniz]

22. Remember in 2016 how the trump plane and a russians plane were together

at, I think, three airports?

[captain queeg]

34. Some anonymous airport in the Carribean I think

[Irish_Dem]

23. Coincidences take a lot of planning.

[NoMoreRepugs]

26. How long were the planes in such close proximity?

[Blue Owl]

27. Yeah I read about that in the New York Times

[captain queeg]

28. I find it hard to believe the CIA or someone wasn't monitoring this

And trumps secret service detail had to see this. If they aren’t thoroughly compromised they must have reported what they saw. Keeping the slobfather from getting killed doesn’t remove their duties to the US.

[Think. Again.]

31. You do know that would be under the responsibility of merrick garland, right?

[captain queeg]

33. Dept of Justice? US marshals? How so?

[Think. Again.]

35. Wouldn't the DOJ be responsible for enforcing any laws against...

... collaborating with a foreign enemy?

Edit to add;

Unless a President broke those laws of course, that would be A-Okay.

[captain queeg]

36. I'd think the FBI. Are they under the DOJ? H

[Think. Again.]

37. Yes, they are.

[captain queeg]

38. Sounds fight up their ally. I think espionage is something they investigate.

[Think. Again.]

39. Yes, but unfortunately, the leader of the DOJ...

...seems to be a little lax about the duties we've entrusted him with.

Maybe if there's ever a thorough and highly public Congressional Committee investigation about any possible broken laws he might feel obligated to make a show of pretending to do his job.

[captain queeg]

40. Yeah, unfortunately I think you are right.

[Easterncedar]

32. "Internet explodes"

One weird trick.
C’mon.