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Democrats need to know: Why does ICE Barbie want a dream jet?

Editorial Board Published May 30, 2025
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Because the nation braces for a possible recession, Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem requested Congress to approve a $50 million Gulfstream V jet, funded by the Coast Guard’s finances. This ask prompted a scathing letter from Democratic Reps. Bennie Thompson and LaMonica McIver, who criticized the transfer as a reckless luxurious seize that might undermine essential Coast Guard missions.

Noem, famous as one of many least efficient Trump Cupboard members and a full-time enforcer cosplayer, argues that the present DHS jet is just too previous and “well beyond operational usage hours.” Thus, she seeks taxpayer funds for her private journey to picture ops in New York, El Salvador, and wherever else her stunt calendar takes her.

To be honest, the Coast Guard, which falls below DHS, does want up to date plane. Consultants knowledgeable The Intercept that the fleet is ageing, and elements are more and more troublesome to acquire.

Nevertheless, right here’s the catch: The proposed DHS finances already allocates over $500 million for upgrades. Moreover, the jet Noem is demanding wouldn’t essentially assist Coast Guard missions—it could primarily serve Noem herself.

That’s why Democrats are calling BS.

“Reports indicate this jet would cost $50 million and replace one of the two Gulfstream jets already at your disposal,” Thompson and McIver, from Mississippi and New Jersey, respectively, wrote of their letter, obtained by The Hill on Friday. “Funding the acquisition of this new jet would come at the cost of other USCG investments, including sorely needed modernization of the USCG’s aging aircraft fleet used by service members for search and rescue and other critical missions.”

They identified that the jet Noem presently makes use of—a Gulfstream V bought in 2002—is newer than many Coast Guard plane nonetheless in service, a few of which date again to the Nineteen Eighties. Within the meantime, elements for a few of the service’s helicopters are now not even manufactured.

So, why does Noem require a shiny new non-public jet whereas Coast Guard pilots are flying outdated fashions? 

Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood didn’t maintain again when she confronted Coast Guard Adm. Kevin Lunday throughout a latest Home Appropriations Committee listening to or on social media.

“I was horrified last Friday when we received a last-minute addition to your spend plan for fiscal ’25, a new $50 million Gulfstream 5 for Secretary Noem’s personal travel,” Underwood stated. “She already has a Gulfstream 5, by the way.”

Lunday tried to defend the request, claiming the present aircraft is “approaching obsolescence,” with unreliable communications and outdated avionics. Nevertheless, this justification didn’t resonate, particularly since the remainder of the fleet is in related, if not worse, situation.

Associated |Kristi Noem additionally desires a elaborate new jet

Thompson and McIver’s letter made the connections clear, evaluating Noem’s request to President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional try to safe a $400 million Air Drive One from Qatar. 

“We know President Trump has set a high bar for wasteful luxury travel by government officials,” they wrote. “That doesn’t imply members of his Cupboard should comply with go well with.

They added: “Your desire to travel in luxury should not eclipse the need for USCG service members to fly safely and conduct lifesaving missions.”

They’re right. Noem’s self-importance buy happens in an administration targeted on slashing companies, terrorizing immigrants, and dismantling the important packages that working households rely upon.

Democrats usually are not permitting this to go unchecked. They’re demanding an entire accounting of Noem’s use of DHS plane—together with each flight she’s taken, and a breakdown of which Coast Guard plane are set to run out earlier than both of the 2 jets she already has entry to.

In the meantime, Republicans stay silent. Apparently, they’re high quality with the DHS losing funds on a luxurious aircraft whereas the remainder of the fleet falls aside.

At a time when tens of millions of People are anxious about inflation, layoffs, and cuts to important companies, Noem is out right here asking for a brand new toy. The message couldn’t be clearer: This administration governs for the highly effective, the privileged, and the performative. And the remainder of us are footing the invoice.

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