Former President Donald Trump has launched a fundraising campaign for a new “Trump Force One” airplane after a private jet he was traveling in was forced to make an emergency landing due to engine failure over the weekend.
According to Business Insider, the Trump Save America PAC sent an email on Wednesday titled “Update: Trump Force One,” touting a reveal of a new Trump plane.
The fundraiser was launched just hours after news broke that a plane Trump was traveling in was forced to make an emergency landing in New Orleans shortly after takeoff on Saturday after one of its engines failed. The plane belonged to a GOP donor, according to The Washington Post.
The former president Trump hitched a ride back to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on a GOP donor’s jet, Politico reported.
The fundraising email said Trump had “a very important update on his plane.” It urged potential donors to recall how Trump used to travel the country in his own “Trump Force One” before he became “the greatest President of all time,” according to Business Insider.
The report noted that “the email includes an animated, looped GIF of a plane taking off, along with the words ‘Do you want to see President Trump’s new plane?’ The link, however, goes to a site asking for monthly recurring donations of up to $2,500 a month.”
