Psaki’s ‘Two Worlds’ Rant Misleads: Slams Trump’s Jet While Ignoring His Air Travel Fixes

Jen Psaki, a Democrat operative since 2001 with jobs as Obama’s White House communications director (2015-2017), State Department spokesperson (2013-2015), and Biden’s press secretary (2021-2022), is back with her partisan playbook on MSNBC’s The Briefing with Jen Psaki. Her “two very different worlds” narrative—pitting Trump and his allies like Kristi Noem, whom she accuses of demanding lavish new planes, against “everybody else” facing airport chaos and health risks—is designed to stoke outrage. She cherry-picks headlines about Trump’s “400 million dollar Qatar jet” and Noem’s Gulfstream upgrade to paint them as elitists, while sidestepping critical context.

Psaki’s criticism conveniently ignores that Qatar’s offer of a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jet for Trump’s use as Air Force One—a government-to-government transfer, not a personal gift—could save taxpayers $400 million upfront on a new aircraft. Meanwhile, she frames Trump’s acceptance as corrupt.

Psaki’s whining conveniently ignores Trump’s efforts to fix America’s crumbling air travel system. Recent X posts and web reports show Trump advocating for FAA modernization, including hiring thousands of air traffic controllers to address a 3,000-person shortage that’s caused incidents like Denver’s 90-second control blackout. His team is pushing public-private partnerships to upgrade outdated FAA technology—some systems still rely on 1980s equipment—while exploring NextGen systems to reduce delays and improve safety. Meanwhile, Psaki acts like Trump and Noem shouldn’t even consider replacing aging, inefficient aircraft with modern, secure options, as if leaders must be stuck with obsolete tech to prove they’re not elitist. Her former boss Biden didn’t exactly skimp on Air Force One’s comforts, yet she’s silent on that.

Psaki’s outrage over taxpayer costs for new planes rings hollow when Democrats, under her watch, poured $1.9 trillion into the American Rescue Plan, criticized for wasteful spending, without fixing airports or health screenings at places like Newark. If she’s so worried about “the rest of us,” why not call out her party’s failure to address FAA understaffing or modernize aviation infrastructure? Trump’s working to make skies safer and more efficient; Psaki’s just playing divisive drama queen, pretending secure, updated planes for leaders are a sin while ignoring the real crisis in air travel.

Jen Psaki: "It's pretty clear there are two very different worlds right now. I mean, one world for Donald Trump and his family and his billionaire buddies and his cabinet secretaries too, and the other for just about everybody else.

I mean, just take a look at some of these headlines. Here's one. It reads, 'Trump wants a new plane. Now, so does Homeland Security Secretary Noem.' I mean, who doesn't. That's right. It's not just Trump and his 400 million dollar jet from Qatar. Not just that one. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who already has access to a gulf stream jet paid for by the government by the way. She wants a new one! Why wouldn't she? A plane that a top democratic lawmaker says would actually cost US taxpayers roughly 50 million dollars. So that's how Trump and Kristi Noem think they deserve to travel and navigate the skies. Now here's the headline from today that applies to, I guess, the rest of us.

Denver air traffic control went dark for 90 seconds. And here's another one. Newark Airport passengers warned of possible measles exposure by New Jersey health officials. So Trump and Kristi Noem are basically demanding new planes. And I guess, I mean, the rest of us are just hoping we land safely and also avoid infectious diseases in the process.

That's, I guess, what's happening right now."

I can’t believe anyone watches this show and thinks it’s news. Jen Psaki is so busy repeating propaganda, smearing Donald Trump and his team, and pushing divisive narratives that she doesn’t have time to report real news.