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(You know he claimed to be a professor, too, don’t you?)

KJP Scurries to Discuss Something Else

Kamala Cackles When Asked About What Was Meant

Our Politicians Equally Suck

Canada PM stuck in India due to aircraft snag: A look at Trudeau’s ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ and its glitches
Indian Express

The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stuck in New Delhi following the conclusion of the G20 summit as his official aircraft has developed a snag. While the nature of the snag remains unknown, this is not the first time that the 34-year-old aircraft, nicknamed ‘Flying Taj Mahal’, has suffered a mechanical defect in its history of transporting Trudeau across the globe.

… with a small carbon footprint, of course, because nothing called Zoom exists.

Tsarcasm:

How did the Canadian PM’s aircraft get the ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ moniker?

The CC 150 Polaris aircraft, which is essentially an Airbus 310-300, was christened the ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ by the then opposition leader of Canada Jean Chrétien in the early 1990s. Chrétien named it so after a lavish upgrade of the aircraft’s interiors was done by the then Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Chrétien subsequently became the PM himself and he also used the aircraft on official trips but chose to tone down the interiors.

Get your politicians spate or neutered:

What has been the spate of snags with the aircraft?

Before donning the VIP role, the ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ was part of a batch of five aircraft, which was inducted into commercial service for an airline company in 1987-88. It began to have maintenance issues only recently — all of them have occurred during the prime ministership of Trudeau.

In 2016, the aircraft developed a snag in the flaps which forced Trudeau to return to Ottawa, Canada’s capital, just 30 minutes after take off. At the time, he was headed to Brussels to sign a free trade deal with the European Union.

Two years later, Trudeau was on his way to India when the aircraft developed a snag in Rome during a refuelling stop. The issue emerged due to a damaged sensor, stretching the fuel stop from the usual 1.5 hours to about three hours. The Canadian media at the time had a field day, giving headlines that the ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ delayed Trudeau’s visit to the actual Taj Mahal.

… kind of like our Energy Secretary getting stuck at EV recharging stations for hours, despite sending staff ahead to reserve them for her.

The aircraft suffered severe damage in 2019, when it rolled into the back wall of a hangar while being towed on the ground at an airbase in Canada. The accident left its nose and right engine cowling damaged.

So now it looks like Hunter?

Trudeau’s Positively Disastrous Trip to India
National Post [Canada] | Sept. 12, 2023 | Tristin Hopper

Trudeau had come to New Delhi for the G20 summit, and keen observers of the event alleged that India’s frosty treatment of Trudeau started right at the airport. The Canadian prime minister was picked up in an older Toyota Land Cruiser, while other world leaders got newer model Audis and Mercedes.

The chilly atmosphere appeared to be swiftly reciprocated by Trudeau. In a memorial service for Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Gandhi, Trudeau noticeably pulled away when Modi tried to grasp his hand. Questioned about the recoil by reporters, Trudeau said people could read whatever symbolism into the action that they wanted…

Apparently this is the Senate President’s Room.

Is that a mirror? Or is it another room? WTH?

And why so many balls on the ceiling, and not on the floor of the Senate?