Trump ‘absolutely’ wants to ditch Biden’s Air Force One color scheme for his beloved red, white and dark blue

Former President Donald Trump is “absolutely” interested in scrapping Air Force One’s historic blue and white color palette if he is re-elected.

A former senior Trump White House official told Politico. that Trump was “100 percent” planning to make the change if he beats Kamala Harris in November.

Trump reportedly wants to change the famed plane’s colors to red, white and dark blue, resembling his current private Boeing 757.

The Air Force is working with Boeing on two planes to replace existing aircraft, which are due to be delivered in 2026 and 2027. The new planes will have a light blue and white design, which has been a constant since President John F Kennedy’s administration.

If elected, however, Trump will still have time to switch the colors of the planes, which he ordered during his time in office. Boeing signed a $3.9bn contract in 2018 to replace the 747-8s planes with 747-200B, a model that has been flying since the 1990s.

Dave Calhoun, Boeing’s CEO, told investors that company executives should never have agreed to the government’s terms for the Air Force One deal. According to Politico, the company had agreed to a fixed-price contract, meaning that all changes made to the airplane would come out of Boeing’s pocket.

The project is currently $2bn over budget, part of which is due to problems stemming from when a subcontractor who was hired to furnish the cabin interior went bankrupt and caused the company to switch supplies.

Plus, Boeing has dealt with challenges including labor shortages and a lack of employees with clearances to work on the planes.

The Independent has contacted Trump’s campaign for comment.

In office, Trump bragged about getting the cost of the project down from $4.2bn. He bragged about the