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BumRushDaShow

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Sat Jul 26, 2025, 08:01 PM Jul 26

Trump Is Days Away From Securing His Questionable Air Force One Jet From Qatar [View all]

Source: Huff Post

Jul 26, 2025, 01:36 PM EDT


President Donald Trump is days away from getting a $400 million “gift” from a foreign nation. The U.S. government is expected to finalize an agreement with Qatar next week to receive a Boeing 747 aircraft to be used as Air Force One, The Washington Post reported Friday. A July 7 communication reviewed by The Post and signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, confirms that Qatar will give the “donation” to the Department of Defense.

The deal, months in the making, raises legal, ethical and national security concerns. While the U.S. Constitution forbids anyone holding public office from accepting gifts from foreign governments without approval from Congress, Republicans have largely shrugged off the deal.

“Can’t beat free,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) told reporters when asked about the offer in May. Trump, who has referred to the jet as a “palace in the sky,” predictably feels the same way. “Why wouldn’t I accept a free gift?” Trump asked Fox News’ Sean Hannity in May while aboard the current Air Force One.

The ethical ramifications are so apparent that even the document reviewed by The Post appears to take extra effort to explicitly state that this isn’t a bribe. “Nothing in this [memorandum of understanding] is, or shall be interpreted or construed as, an offer, promise or acceptance of any form of bribery, undue influence, or corrupt practice,” the document reportedly said.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-is-days-away-from-getting-his-unethical-air-force-one-jet-from-qatar_n_6884ffefe4b02a19bf1f9895



Link to WaPo article - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/25/air-force-one-qatar-trump/
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