Jet renovation completed in ~5 months
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Trump Surfaces and Crashes Out at Presser
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Jul 1, 2026
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Trump Deflects on $2 Billion in Personal Trades
At 8:20 · chapter starts 4:28
Ben Meiselas plays the clip of a reporter asking Trump how he responds to critics who say he is profiting off the presidency, citing financial disclosures showing close to $2 billion in trades and 21,000 individual stock transactions. Trump's response is to pivot: the stock market is up, everybody's 401k is doing well, and he sarcastically thanks himself — 'Thank you, President Trump.' Meiselas frames this as a classic deflection, noting Trump never addresses the specific volume of personal trading. The segment also includes Trump defending the Qatar jet as a point of national pride, claiming 'the country should be very proud of it' while brushing past questions about its billion-dollar renovation cost paid by taxpayers.
Qatar jet gift: $400M + $1B+ renovation
Qatar donated a $400 million jet to Trump, which was then renovated to the tune of over $1 billion by American taxpayers.
The Qatar Air Force One Scam
Qatar gave Trump a $400 million jet. American taxpayers then spent over $1 billion renovating it. Trump is openly planning to keep it as his personal plane after leaving office — and called it a point of 'national pride.'
Trump's $2 Billion Oval Office Trading Spree
Trump's financial disclosures show close to $2 billion made from stock and crypto trades — 21,000 of them across 8 accounts while serving as president, averaging about 80 trades per day. No other president since 1990 came anywhere close to this volume.
Trump Deflects: 'Everyone's Profiting'
Pressed on profiting from the presidency, Trump pointed to the rising stock market and said 'we're all profiting' — sarcastically thanking himself for 401k gains. He never acknowledged the specific volume or scale of his personal trading activity.
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