Inside the $70M jet Kristi Noem wants to buy for ‘deportations’
February 19
2026
Summary:
The episode discusses reporting on senior Trump administration officials’ use of government aircraft, focusing on FBI Director Kash Patel’s costly trip to the Winter Olympics and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s use of a leased luxury 737 Max. It highlights ICE’s reported push to buy the plane for $70 million under the justification of supporting deportations and official travel, while the host tours the jet’s high-end amenities to underscore how extravagant it appears. The central theme is scrutiny of taxpayer-funded spending and skepticism about whether these flights serve public duties or personal convenience.
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Jacob Soboroff
Okay, I'm excited about this one.
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We've got new reporting tonight from our MSNOW colleagues, Carol Enig and Ken Delaney, and that Donald Trump's high-flying FBI director, Kash Patel, who has been known to take the Bureau's Gulfstream super fancy jet around the country, he took off today bound for the Winter Olympics in Milan, quote, to watch one of his favorite sports, men's ice hockey.
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And based on the hourly flight costs, quote, Patel's trip to Milan is likely to cost as much as $75,000.
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And that certainly seems like a hefty tab for American taxpayers to pick up.
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Oh, man, it is peanuts compared to the plain Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, the one she wants to buy.
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We told you last week about Noem's use of what's called a luxury 737 Max jet with a private cabin in back leased by the government that she and her deputy, Trump confidant and accused sexual harasser Corey Lewandowski, had been using to fly around.
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NBC News reports that ICE, quote, is seeking approval to purchase the plane for $70 million, saying, quote, it would be used for deportations and travel for cabinet officials, according to two officials involved in the request.
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All right, check this out.
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We are getting a look inside the jet thanks to a virtual tour link that we've been able to get.
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So let's take a look.
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That's the outside of the plane.
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Welcome aboard the VVIP 737-8 Max jet.
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Let's go into the hallway here.
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We're going to do this together, guys.
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Paneling's quite nice.
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This is, I think, maybe a powder room on the left-hand side that the secretary may use.
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Somebody said there are bidets on board.
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I don't know if you flip up the toilet seat there, that's a bidet or just a toilet seat, but...
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Nice looking either way.
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And I don't know if it's real wood or laminate or whatever, but pretty fancy looking.
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This is the kitchen, the galley kitchen.
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When you go in here, perfect stainless steel appliances.
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Are those mixed nuts up there?
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There's a microwave.
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I don't even have a microwave in my house.
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I swear to God.
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Two fridges, it looks like.
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Let's go back out into the hallway here and head back towards the back of the plane.
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Those are all captain's chairs.
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They look like nice leather.
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I don't think it's pleather.
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If there are deportees there, I don't think they're going to be using the wet bar that is in the corner of the aircraft.
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There's a couple of high stools there.
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that maybe they'll sit on.
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But these captain's chairs are quite luxurious.
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When they lay down, I think that they're seating for 18 sleeps, 14 people, if I have this right.
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Yeah.
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For 70 million bucks, that's what you get.
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You also get some of those pillows, which are nice.
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Those are nice pillows.
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They got tables there to play cards or have meetings.
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Nice big TV.
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Check out the painting on the wall.
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What does it say?
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Jet baby.
02:44
Okay.
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Another bathroom.
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Is this a bidet?
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No, that's a toilet.
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But there's a shower.
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By the way, somebody told me the first lady plane until recently didn't even have a single shower in it.
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There's one.
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What's in this room?
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Oh, this is bedroom number one with a throw blanket and some more nice pillows.
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I think this is the master bedroom.
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Welcome to Kristi Noem's bedroom, guys.
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Didn't ever think that I would say that on national television.
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Another throw blanket.
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I do not know what the threat count of the sheets are, but I do know.
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Look at that.
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That's a little reading lamp next to the bed in case there's official business to be done there and someone can sit there in that chair and hang out with her.
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And then I guess.
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third bathroom third bathroom uh what's in this one another shower so the old first ladies didn't get a single one christy noem gets two ladies and gentlemen that is the plane that christy noem and cory lewandowski have been flying all around the world in to visit exotic locales for boat rides and camel rides and whatever else they are doing and they want you to believe they need it for deportations
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I think we know by now what Noam's word is worth, and it is a lot less than 70 million taxpayer dollars.