Trump claims British imports not as bad as products from "other" countries

AROUND THE BLOCK

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Trump 757 Plane Has Foreign-Made Engines

Blames plane’s original owner and Washington bureaucrats

As Donald J. Trump’s personal Boeing 757-200, bringing Trump to a massive campaign rally, rolled up to a hangar in Dayton, Ohio it was clearly apparent that one thing that Trump needs to do to “Make America Great Again” is to replace the engines on the plane.

The plane, which Trump purchased from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2011, is outfitted with Rolls-Royce engines.

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational public holding company headquartered in City of Westminster, London.  

In a check with Rand McNally, Around The Block confirmed that the City of Westminster, London is in the United Kingdom, not the United States.

In a call to Boeing, Around The Block learned that the Boeing 757-200 has two engine options – the British-made Rolls Royce models and engines made by Pratt and Whitney, an American company.

When asked why the candidate, who rails about imports from China, Japan, Mexico and other countries, would have a plane with foreign made engines, Trump chief spokesperson for Trump inconsistencies, Katrina Pierson, said, “Mr. Trump purchased the plane from Paul Allen. So if anyone should be criticized for buying foreign, it should be Paul Allen.”

When it was suggested that Mr. Trump has owned the plane for five years, plenty of time to switch out the engines to an American brand, Ms. Pierson responded, “Look, switching engines on a plane like this is very complicated and needs to be done in conjunction with federal aviation authorities…Washington bureaucrats. And you know how Washington bureaucrats follow Barak Obama's bad for business, obstructionist, policies. Once Mr. Trump is president and does away with wasteful government agencies like the FAA, we will quickly and easily replace the engines."

Ms. Pierson went on to say, “Look, one other thing. These are British engines. While Mr. Trump always prefers American-made, British products are kind of OK. After all, British people are more like us, unlike people from China, Japan, Mexico and places like that.”