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turbinetree

(27,298 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 06:13 PM Tuesday

JetBlue under fire for pro-Trump message: 'Last time I choose your airline'

By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published February 17, 2026 4:03 PM ET

A passenger flying from Los Angeles to Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday was shocked to hear a JetBlue employee thanking President Donald Trump during a special President's Day in-flight message on the plane.

Photographer James Weir posted his reaction to the announcement on JetBlue Flight 2010 on Threads, describing the moment an airline flight attendant tried to show gratitude for the Trump administration — and why he found it so outrageous.

"@jetblue The fact that the pilot or flight attendant chose to begin the flight by specifically thanking President Trump and his cabinet for all that they do means this will be the last time I choose your airline," Weir wrote.

https://www.rawstory.com/jetblue-donald-trump/

I have never and will never fly this airline.............showing support for a scab and someone that tried to take down this country ..............says everything.............

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JetBlue under fire for pro-Trump message: 'Last time I choose your airline' (Original Post) turbinetree Tuesday OP
Won't use them again either vapor2 Tuesday #1
Was this an official corporate message or a rogue employee? Raven123 Tuesday #2
Sounds like an in flight message from a rouge employee... EarthFirst Tuesday #3
I second BaronChocula Tuesday #7
If that was a rogue employee, I will still never use that airline until and unless I hear the rogue has been fired! ShazzieB 19 hrs ago #24
I would have Freaked the Fuck OUT.. and it Cha Tuesday #4
This just furthers my theory that he ruins everything! Initech Yesterday #19
Let's see how they respond. legallyblondeNYC Tuesday #5
Yes. It's Now JetScrew You. kairos12 Tuesday #6
Just googled "james weir jetblue" BaronChocula Tuesday #8
TY! And typical Stupid PEDO protector.. Cha Tuesday #11
"Economy is so bad you have to fly this crap airline. Thanks, DJT." - Jet Blue, probably flvegan Tuesday #9
The priest in my mom's church asked everyone to pray for pres shit stain and his administration ToxMarz Tuesday #10
I am agnostic kwolf68 Tuesday #12
Totally agree with you FakeNoose Tuesday #15
It might be time to reclaim the Old Testament God too crud Tuesday #16
Maybe we need to change the spelling slightly and call them Charlatians. 3catwoman3 Tuesday #17
We do not need a religious left. Layzeebeaver 21 hrs ago #21
As an alternative, you could always agree to do so, but substitute dobleremolque 15 hrs ago #27
That's actually common in Episcopal churches. mwooldri 15 hrs ago #29
She's catholic and he came off as a right wing tool ToxMarz 13 hrs ago #30
DOD will make it mandatory to use JetBlue for Government travel.... COL Mustard Tuesday #13
How much ya wanna bet, BidenRocks Tuesday #14
Adding them to my long and growing list of companies to boycott JoseBalow Tuesday #18
Used to fly them on occasion lonely bird 23 hrs ago #20
I can't get worked up over this EdmondDantes_ 21 hrs ago #22
Sane thoughtful reply n/t at140 16 hrs ago #25
Jet Red Zambero 21 hrs ago #23
Good to know iemanja 15 hrs ago #26
They were flying into the soon-to-be-named Trump Airport Freddie 15 hrs ago #28

EarthFirst

(4,026 posts)
3. Sounds like an in flight message from a rouge employee...
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 06:25 PM
Tuesday

…nothing I’ve seen mentions it was corporate messaging or directive.

If I hear otherwise I will share and gladly boycott.

BaronChocula

(4,270 posts)
7. I second
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 07:20 PM
Tuesday

This doesn't sound like any kind of corporate directive in any political climate. I could never imagine any airline being that stupid. Well except for trump shuttle. And where are they now?

ShazzieB

(22,395 posts)
24. If that was a rogue employee, I will still never use that airline until and unless I hear the rogue has been fired!
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 11:43 AM
19 hrs ago

Cha

(317,922 posts)
4. I would have Freaked the Fuck OUT.. and it
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 06:34 PM
Tuesday

would have Ruined the rest of the Flight!

How Dare they? Not everyone who flies is a fucking PEDO Fascist Pusher.

BaronChocula

(4,270 posts)
8. Just googled "james weir jetblue"
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 07:23 PM
Tuesday

Lots of socials backlash against the airline. I think that employee will soon be toast.

ToxMarz

(2,838 posts)
10. The priest in my mom's church asked everyone to pray for pres shit stain and his administration
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 07:29 PM
Tuesday

Like that's what Jesus would be doing. That's why I quit going a long time ago. Unfortunately get roped into it occasionally, and they never fail to disappoint.

kwolf68

(8,378 posts)
12. I am agnostic
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:13 PM
Tuesday

But I don't hate TRUE Christians and I applaud the work people like james talarico is doing. We NEED a religious left, because if you read the passages in red in the bible (quotes directly attributed to Jesus) or read his Sermon on the Mount, it's actually "woke". Pure and simple. There is no hatred, violence, aggression, intolerance in a single word Jesus Christ ever uttered. And religious Liberals need to take that shit back from the Charlatans and whores.

FakeNoose

(40,951 posts)
15. Totally agree with you
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:27 PM
Tuesday

I wouldn't call myself agnostic exactly....

I was raised Catholic, and I'll never join another church, but at the same time I'm not a very good Catholic for the last 50 years. Be that as it may, I agree with your comments about a "religious left" because the so-called "religious right" is a total Repuke joke.

I was taught by many sincere priests and nuns, and James Talarico is a good example of the religious left. I don't live in his state, but if I did I'd definitely vote for him.

crud

(1,236 posts)
16. It might be time to reclaim the Old Testament God too
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:32 PM
Tuesday

It might be "Battle Hymn of the Republic" time for magats

Layzeebeaver

(2,220 posts)
21. We do not need a religious left.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:46 AM
21 hrs ago

We need a properly organised and effective “left”. If folks in the left org decide to become or are already religious then fine.

But a “religious left” is just a different flavour of right wing religion. Do we want a leftist president who is religious pushing a government to embed leftist policies tied to religious themes regardless of the theme?

Be careful what you ask for…

dobleremolque

(1,112 posts)
27. As an alternative, you could always agree to do so, but substitute
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 04:00 PM
15 hrs ago

Psalm 109, verses 8 through 13 as your prayer:

8 Let his days be few let another take his position of leadership
9 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow
10 Let his children wander as beggars let them search for food far from their ruined homes
11 Let the creditor seize all he owns let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor
12 Let there be no one to show him kindness let none pity his fatherless children
13 Let his descendants be cut off let their name be erased in the next generation


It ain't much, but it's every little thing.

mwooldri

(10,802 posts)
29. That's actually common in Episcopal churches.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 04:28 PM
15 hrs ago

It's in the Book of Common Prayer - to pray for all leaders. However it is most certainly not done in any fawning way.

ToxMarz

(2,838 posts)
30. She's catholic and he came off as a right wing tool
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 05:42 PM
13 hrs ago

I bet her Pope would have put it differently.

COL Mustard

(8,082 posts)
13. DOD will make it mandatory to use JetBlue for Government travel....
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:15 PM
Tuesday

And they'll have kiosks on every base, that will provide you with $10 tickets to anywhere, as long as you support Trump.

The rest of us will pay double the market rate and like it!

BidenRocks

(3,016 posts)
14. How much ya wanna bet,
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 08:21 PM
Tuesday

they will never release the name.
They will say the employee was terminated. How do we know?
They should have lost take off clearance due to mental defect. I cannot trust a brainwashed dead flight crew!

There are NO excuses, and responsibility begins and ends with the CEO.
He fostered a workplace where this is acceptable.

EdmondDantes_

(1,590 posts)
22. I can't get worked up over this
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:54 AM
21 hrs ago

There's no evidence it's a company policy. Should the attendant done that? No. But I can't fault an entire company because low level person did something I don't like.

Freddie

(10,082 posts)
28. They were flying into the soon-to-be-named Trump Airport
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 04:02 PM
15 hrs ago

Formerly PBI.
Being optimistic here…SOMEDAY he will be dead and the full extent of his crimes will be known and the truth will be accepted by most of us. Won’t the politicians of Florida be so happy they named an airport for a child molester?

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