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Kristi Noem’s Luxury Jet Reportedly Being Repurposed For Melania’s Personal Use And People Are Not Happy

The White House is keeping Kristi Noem's private jet.

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It might not have been the most notorious scandal to befall Kristi Noem before her departure as Secretary of Homeland Security, much less the further scandals that emerged afterward. But among them was Noem’s procuring of a private jet, valued at $70 million.

Now, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the government is “hanging on to the controversial $70 million jet she leased during her tenure,” and that the office of First Lady Melania Trump will have access to the jet, along with some cabinet secretaries. Noem, in her new role as “Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas,” will presumably not be able to use the jet herself.

Per The Independent, the aircraft includes such amenities as “a queen-size bed, showers, a kitchen, four flat screen TVs, and a cocktail bar.” It is also described as more luxurious than Air Force Two, the vice president’s plane.

“While it had been assumed the purchase would be abandoned following her departure, the administration has pressed ahead with it, taking responsibility for the plane away from the Department of Homeland Security and redesignating it for more general use,” The Independent added.

The plane was reportedly used to carry out deportations, although according to The Independent, hardline immigration groups were opposed to the use of the plane for that purpose.

“Wasting tens of millions of dollars on a luxury jet that won’t remove a single illegal alien is offensive,” RJ Hauman, director of the National Immigration Center for Enforcement, told the newspaper.

There were other shocked reactions on social media to the plane story.

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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