Thursday 7 July 2022 02:12 AM 'Trump Force One' hits the skies again this fall: Ex-president gets his jet ... trends now
Donald Trump's iconic Boeing 757 jet will soon take to the skies once again after a remodel in Louisiana, the former president announced on Wednesday.
The ex-leader was known to use it for his dramatic arrivals to campaign stops on the 2016 trail, where it was nicknamed 'Trump Force One.'
But the plane has been largely idle since its eponymous owner entered the White House in 2017.
'During my four years in the White House, I didn’t use everybody’s favorite airplane, the Boeing 757 we campaigned on for our big 2016 WIN,' Trump wrote on his social media app Truth Social.
'Now it has been completely modernized and renovated, and looks GREAT, all done in the Great State of Louisiana, and coming back to the skies in the Fall of 2022, or maybe sooner. Get ready!'
At the end of his post Trump linked a video that appears to show sped-up footage of the refinishing process.
The four minutes' worth of footage shows crews working on the private jet's engines and exterior finish, and is set against cinematic music.
Its signature black-red-white coloring with 'Trump' emblazoned in gold lettering still remains.
However the tail, once covered with a red 'T,' now bears an American flag.
Donald Trump claimed his signature private jet would be back in the skies as early as this fall
He shared a video to his app Truth Social showing a montage of his plane's refinishing process
Instead of a red 'T,' the tail of Trump Force One now features an American flag
It's possibly yet another hint that the former president is considering a third White House bid to avert attention from the January 6 committee's explosive probe that alleges Trump and his allies tried to subvert democracy.
The redesign also comes a month after Politico reported the Biden administration scrapped Trump's planned redesign for Air Force One.
Trump's proposal included a dark blue underbelly that would have led to hotter temperatures on part of
