'There's your new Air Force One,' Trump said, holding up four mock-ups of a red, white and blue presidential plane with an American flag on the tail. Trump's proposed makeover would be the first since President John F. Kennedy was in office.
"There's your new Air Force One," Trump told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an interview that aired Thursday, holding up four mock-ups of a red, white and blue presidential plane with an American flag on the tail that he said were"all slightly different."Trump's proposed makeover would be the first since President John F. Kennedy was in office. The light blue colors were introduced in a redesign by industrial designer Raymond Loewy for Kennedy in 1962.
Read MoreWhen Stephanopoulos asked whether the new plane would have an escape pod like in the movie"Air Force One," Trump said it did not, joking that"there are a couple of secrets I don't think we're supposed to be talking about."Whether the new redesign will actually happen is uncertain. Although Trump announced his desires for a redesign last July, the plan needs congressional approval that Democratic lawmakers do not appear eager to give.
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