“President Donald Trump will take his Qatari-funded Air Force One jet on its first overseas trip tonight to Ankara, Turkey, ahead of the all-important NATO leaders’ summit,” Politico reports.
“Trump has promised those on board ‘a level of luxury that nobody’s ever seen before,’ which means a wood-paneled interior, tan leather seats, plush carpets and big-screen TVs. Seat belts carry the presidential seal, and even the humble journos get lie-flat seats.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.