The question isn’t “Do we need a super expensive custom airplane to cart the president around in?” The question is “Do we need a NEW super expensive custom airplane to cart the president around in.?” What does ~$4,000,000,000 buy us that we don’t already have? There are plenty of reasons to diss Trumpty-Dumpty. But Cheeto being skeptical about the benefit of replacing some low-hour aircraft with very similar and expensive aircraft is probably not a reason to get all riled up.
