and.........?
do you think Trump is the first potus to accept gifts ?
what about this one>>>
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Trump is actually saving the country money stop whining about the jet.
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do you think Trump is the first potus to accept gifts ?
what about this one>>>
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dudmuck
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You're shittin' me right?
You're a special "Patriot".
February 22 1887 Congress approved the statue of liberty from France.
One of the most iconic figures of our nation and the "Real patriots", don't know shit.
and....?????
Congress approved, potus Grant accepted SOL
DOD approves, potus Trump accepts jet
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NOT how it works,
February 22
On this day in 1877, the US Congress officially accepted the Statue of Liberty as a gift from the people of France.
Under the Constitution Congress has to decide on accepting or not, the gift.
Trump is taking the plane with him when he leaves. The Qatari gifted it to him, his Presidential Library and he could use it now as AF1....
BUT DOJ and Whitehouse lawyers said that was unconstitutional... Because it was a gift to him....so the admin is having Qatar gift it to the Pentagon for AF1 use, then before he leaves office, have the Pentagon donate it to his presidential library, so Trump could keep and use it.
THAT is what this issue is about...
How can Trump accept this plane, gifted to him, not the USA, and make it appear to be legal and constitutional?
Trump confirmed news reports from Sunday that his administration is planning to accept the luxury plane, worth roughly $400 million, from the Qatari royal family. He said the jet would be received by the Department of Defense.
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frigidweirdo
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Is he saving money? The plane will have to be pulled apart in case they put something in there that compromises the president.... it'll take at least two years to refit to make it work.
Bondi said nothing was unconstitutional about this C4all
5 minutes of google will prove it
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unless Congress lights a fire under Boeing.......yes......~S~
frigidweirdo
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Not necessarily. And then there's the "what do they want for this plane?"
WorldWatcher
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Think of it as a bonus for being part of a Qatar development project of $5.5 Billion that the Trump Organization will be part of that was announced a few days before the JET-PRO-QUO story broke.
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Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business
The Trump family company has struck a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar. It's a sign that the company has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration.
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frigidweirdo
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There you go, a bribe. And maybe Trump will find some way of making it make him money, rather than saving the country money.Think of it as a bonus for being part of a Qatar development project of $5.5 Billion that the Trump Organization will be part of that was announced a few days before the JET-PRO-QUO story broke.
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Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business
The Trump family company has struck a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar. It's a sign that the company has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration.
Raskin is right.
The emoluments clause, found in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 and Article II, Section 1, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution, prohibits federal officials and the president from accepting certain gifts, emoluments, offices, or titles from foreign governments without the consent of Congress. This clause aims to prevent foreign influence and corruption of US officials.
It would STILL have to be approved by CONGRESS.
Perhaps a visit to Trump's Bible.
I heard it has the US constitution in there.
2025 version?
TNHarley
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I read it was a gift to the DoD. It will be used as AF1 until its time to retire where it will be shown off at the T presidential library.
The EC doesnt have anything to do with this.
Bondi isn't who decides Sparky.
The constitution gives this decision to Congress, they can accept it, or not.
And Pam Bondi's job prior to being appointed as Trump's AG pick .....
Was WORKING FOR QATAR AS A LOBBYIST FOR them, getting paid over a million a year by them....
A conflict of interest that she should have recused herself from....
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Attorney General Pam Bondi's links to Qatar are under scrutiny again following reports that President Donald Trump will be gifted a luxury plane from the Qatari government.
Bondi worked as a foreign lobbyist for the nation of Qatar, earning $115,000 a month in the role which she held in 2020 and in the run up to the World Cup in 2022.
In this role, she lobbied Congress on behalf of Qatari interests. She also worked in a separate lobbying position for the Washington, D.C.-based firm Ballard Partners, where she also lobbied on behalf of Qatari interests and several conglomerates including Amazon.
Moonglow
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Qatar has a close ally, they are called Iran..
Moonglow
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It can't be flown until the refurbishment of the aircraft, which is expected to take until 2028
Dragonlady
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So it's just something that has been made up by the computer. No actual facts can be ascertained.
Trump says it goes with him before he leaves office, no other President gets to use it, after we pay to retrofit it....
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But the Trump administration considered acquiring a Qatari-owned plane as a potential alternative to waiting for the two other Boeing jets, and a possible motivator for the company to move faster.
The model that the government is using for addressing the ethical issues raised by the donation, one of the officials said, is the one followed by President Ronald Reagan’s presidential library when it received the Air Force One he had flown on after it was retired from use. But at the time, Mr. Reagan did not use the plane to fly around. It was set up in the museum portion of his library.
Another person with knowledge of the effort to acquire the plane said that the Qataris had initially discussed donating it immediately to the Trump library, and Mr. Trump would then use it while in office. But government lawyers said that would violate the emoluments clause of the Constitution, the person said, which prohibits federal officials from accepting financial benefits from foreign governments without congressional approval.
The plan, if it goes through, is almost certain to revive those concerns. In 2021, the Supreme Court declined to adjudicate similar questions. That January, it vacated lower court rulings in cases accusing Mr. Trump of violating the clause in his first term, as he was no longer in office.
A spokesman for the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which sued him over what it described as violations of the emoluments clause during his first term, said the president’s acceptance of the plane would raise a range of ethical issues far beyond whether it violated the Constitution, in part because he may continue using it after leaving office.
“It’s hard to see it as a coincidence when Trump’s company just announced a new golf resort in Qatar, reportedly partnered with a company owned by the country’s government, and will soon be meeting with senior Qatari officials in a Middle East trip that also features meetings with heads of state of two other countries he has property developments in,” the spokesman, Jordan Libowitz, said in a statement.
“At this point, it’s impossible to tell the difference between decisions being made by the White House for the good of the country and for the good of the Trump Organization,” he added
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