The Daily Beast Latest Articles | Trump Hides Jaw-Dropping True Cost of Buying ICE Barbie’s Jet for Melania by Erkki Forster

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersPresident Donald Trump has hidden the real price of the plane “ICE Barbie” Kristi Noem leased during her time as homeland security secretary, according to the Daily Beast’s PunchUp Substack.

The White House decided to keep the luxury jet and make it available for select Cabinet members and for VIP use by first lady Melania Trump after Noem was ousted last month.

The DHS has claimed that the plane, a Boeing 737 Max 8, was purchased for $70 million. In reality, its full cost comes in nearly $40 million above that figure.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hides-jaw-dropping-true-cost-of-buying-ice-barbie-kristi-noems-jet-for-melania/

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David R. Lurie says,

"While the end point is unclear, Trump’s would-be dictatorship is politically broken. And as Trump’s mental and physical dissipation increases by the day, it’s increasingly important to focus on the network of stooges that have built and sustained his regime."

#Trump #Republicans #mediocrity #stupidity #corruption #opportunism #ToddBlanche #PeteHegseth #KristiNoem #MikeJohnson #JeffBezos #MarkZuckerberg #PaulWeiss #RobertGiuffra #MarkwayneMullin /1

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-stooges

#RawStory 7:58pm EDT Apr 8, 2026

Judge demolishes Kristi Noem's mass TPS termination in scathing ruling

A federal judge has paused the #Trump administration's decision to terminate #TemporaryProtectedStatus (#TPS) for #Ethiopians who came to the United States, ruling that former #HomelandSecurity Secretary #KristiNoem didn't follow the legal procedure for doing so.

https://www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-2676682850/