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Kristi Noem reportedly tried to buy 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/kristi-noem-spirit-airlines-planes

The secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, reportedly authorized the purchase of Spirit Airlines jets before discovering the airline didn’t actually own the planes – and that the aircraft lacked engines.

The bizarre anecdote was contained in a Wall Street Journal report released on Friday, which recounted how Noem and Corey Lewandowski – who managed Donald Trump’s first winning presidential campaign – had recently arranged to buy 10 Boeing 737 aircraft from Spirit Airlines. People familiar with the situation told the paper that the two intended to use the jets to expand deportation flights – and for personal travel.

Those sources also claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials had cautioned them that buying planes would be far more expensive than simply expanding existing flight contracts.

Complicating matters further, Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time, in August, did not own the jets and their engines would have had to be bought separately. The plan has since been paused, according to the Journal.

Meanwhile, Democrats on the House appropriations committee said in October that during this fall’s record-long government shutdown, the DHS had already acquired two Gulfstream jets for $200m.

“It has come to our attention that, in the midst of a government shutdown, the United States Coast Guard entered into a sole source contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to procure two new G700 luxury jets to support travel for you and the deputy secretary, at a cost to the taxpayer of $200m,” Democratic representatives Rosa DeLauro and Lauren Underwood wrote in a letter to the DHS.
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A DHS spokesperson told the Journal that parts of its reporting about the plane purchases were inaccurate but declined to provide additional clarification.

Congress had previously approved Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” in July, which dedicates roughly $170bn for immigration and border-related operations, a sum that makes ICE the most heavily funded law enforcement agency in the federal government.

In September, the Guardian reported that the Trump administration was moving immigrants detained as part of its deportation agenda in ways that violated their constitutionally protected rights, often by plane.

Leaked data reviewed from charter airline Global Crossing (GlobalX) detailed the journeys of tens of thousands of immigrants who have been shuttled around the country before deportation.
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>>1456188
>enter deal to buy planes (asset)
>seller goes into bankruptcy
>lender gets possession of engines
>hurrr DHS tried to buy planes without engines
Wow. Huge story bro.
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>>1456188
If America survives the trump fascist regime, one of the first things that needs to be done more than everyone in his regime being cirminally prosecuted, is also make sure they are personally financially liable for every corrupt deal or self enrichment.
I.E. Noem would be personally on the hook for the 200 million she wasted.
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>>1456210
Liggerals need propaganda to survive.
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>>1456255
do you feel whiter esl shill
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I don't want her to crush puppies in high heels, I want her to crush my testicles
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>>1456210
>Spirit files bankruptcy protections in August
>Purchase of planes was in either September or October
Yeah no. Noem is still a retard who decided to buy from a bankrupt company and promptly got scammed.
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>>1456255
The WSJ is the source and they aren't a liberal newspaper.
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>>1456352
WSJ is far right trash, but that won't stop election tourists from claiming it's a liberal paper because they reported on something that makes their cult look bad.
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>>1456306
least gay /news/ poster
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>>1456357
What's it like being a delusional extremist?
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>>1456676
Ah yes wall street, the land of left wing extremism. Marx and bakunin would've definitely read wsj
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>>1456357
>>1456677
WSJ is right, but far right? i dont think so. far right is stuff like breitbart.



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