Prove it.....loser.
Trump Reportedly Is Set To Accept A Jet From Qatar’s Ruling Family For Possible Use As Air Force One
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WorldWatcher
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Technical clarification…
Reporting was that it would be transferred to his library foundation, which is quite different than parked at a location.
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Donald Trump will get to keep Qatar jet even after he leaves office
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/trump-qatar-jet-plane.html
Unwrapping Qatar's $400 Million Winged Gift to Trump - FactCheck.org
& i've yet to find a denial from donny's administration.
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maybe he'll jst sell it for cash - but me thinx with all his blathering about 'size' comparisons, he'll want to keep it to compensate for other things i suppose.
You second link is pay
Your first says it’s govt to govt, and doesn’t provide any evidence the govt has approved it going to the trump lib
Your third claim just has Dem claims, but not actual proof
So you are just reporting claims made by Dems on the hill, many of which need pardons for crimes against the United States when they abused their offices to go after Trump the last time?
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You libs repeat the lies here all the time... stop listening to the MSM... they hate Trump way more than they love the USA... how else could the entire group of libs on this site actually argue in favor of big pharma when just a couple of years ago you all hated big pharma and their pricing practises....
Should tax payers spend $600 +/- million to retrofit the plane to AF1 Security standards for 1-2 years use? Should Trump pay for the GIFT if he wants to take it home and use it, like all other presidents have to do if they want to keep a foreigner's gift to the USA?
The defense dept can sell it, if they have no further Air Force use for it and use that money from the sale towards other useful things.
If Trump wants to buy it from them, he would get first dibs....
Zincwarrior
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I would sell it, because IT IS A BRIBE.
Please backup your claim of the gift and taking it home and using it like other presidents.
It would be gifted to DOJ/USAF and at the end of His term, becomes property of the Archivist.....going to His library.
He doesn't have a library....not even the location of it has been chosen yet....it'll be 5 to 10 years before he has one and this plane would take another building to house a display... for public use. A library donation allows him to use it....at any time and he isn't going to let it sit there and rot.
Why does the AF have to donate the plane to his library? Why can't they keep it after we pay the $600 million to make it AF1 Secure.... Or sell it, to get some of tax payers money back? This is what is CROOKED!
And why wouldn't trump have to purchase the gift from the US Government if he wants the gift, like all other presidents that want to keep a foreign gift?
WorldWatcher
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I say take the airplane.
Display it at Air Shows showing the close friendship between the people of the United States and the people of Qumar.
After 5 years, quietly strip out the golden toilets and reconfigure it for troop transport, then put it to good use.
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I say do not take it as an AF1.... It will cost about a billion to retrofit to presidential needs...
Plus the gift is too GRAND....I think the biggest gift we have ever accepted from a foreign country is less than $2 million.
This $400 million turns heads and just the appearance of them trying to buy influence is a deal breaker....and $400 million is way beyond acceptable.
Also who's the next dictator or royal family that will try to outdo the Qatari AF1 gift....?
This is wrong wrong wrong from the get go and is a slap in the face to the intent and precautions of the Emoluments clause that the writers of the constitution were concerned about.
Maybe park it next to Joe Bidens library?
Because the US government, AKA, USAF would own it, not Trump.
Presidential Papers. USAF retires it , they still own it and it's a part of Trump's Library 'papers'.
Can you provide accurate estimates of the cost to retrofit the AC?
Can you provide a link supporting that?
Who told the USAF that it should be donated to Trump's presidential library right prior to him leaving? Why would the AF ever in a million years do that? Who made that decision? Trump?
Reed, Senators Request Independent DoD Inquiry Into Trump’s Plan to Accept ‘Palace in the Sky’ Plane from Qatar | U.S. Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island
WASHINGTON, DC — Following news reports that President Donald Trump plans to accept a $400 million...
www.reed.senate.gov
Reed signed the letter along with U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Full text of the letter follows:
Dear Mr. Stebbins,
We write to request that you conduct an inquiry into the Department of Defense’s (DOD) role in facilitating and serving as a pass-through for President Trump to receive a luxury plane worth an estimated $400 million from Qatar.
Following initial public reports, President Trump confirmed on May 12, 2025, that he intends to accept this unprecedented gift from the Qatari royal family, which would constitute one of the largest foreign gifts ever accepted by a President or the U.S. government. According to public reporting, the Qatari government initially considered donating the plane directly to President Trump through his presidential library, but the Administration sought legal advice to restructure the transfer to circumvent constitutional and statutory prohibitions, including federal bribery and ethics laws.
Public reports raise the troubling prospect that the Administration involved DOD to (1) launder this impermissible gift, so that the Department could provide cover to give the transfer of the plane the appearance of an official gift; (2) place the onus on DOD to retrofit the plane at considerable cost to U.S. taxpayers; and (3) ultimately transfer it to President Trump’s library prior to the end of his term for his continued use in a personal capacity.
DOD risks becoming embroiled in a brazen attempt to evade constitutional limitations on the acceptance of personal gifts from foreign governments without congressional approval. The Constitution provides that “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” Congress has granted consent in only a narrow set of circumstances under the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, and none of these circumstances are applicable here.
In addition to these serious constitutional and legal concerns, this foreign emolument – and DOD’s possible involvement in facilitating it – could present severe foreign influence and counterintelligence risks. It could entangle DOD in President Trump’s personal financial interests and conflicts of interest, warp DOD’s military recommendations and advice moving forward, and undermine public confidence in the Department.
Securing the plane against counterintelligence and surveillance risks, moreover, would be costly. Initial reporting suggests that the plane would need to be substantially retrofitted by a military contractor to ensure it meets necessary security and counterintelligence standards, which could take years to complete. DOD, and by extension U.S. taxpayers, would thereby bear the ultimate cost, which could be significant. This timeline, moreover, reinforces that such a gift is not, in fact, intended for official use. By the time the plane would be ready for President Trump’s use as part of the Air Force One fleet, we would likely be approaching the final stretch of President Trump’s final term in office, at which point the Department would likely be directed to transfer it to President Trump’s presidential library for his ultimate personal use.
Accordingly, we request that you initiate an inquiry into the facts and circumstances surrounding DOD’s involvement to date in seeking to facilitate this foreign gift transfer and pursue a comprehensive audit and investigation to assess fraud, waste, and abuse if and when such a transfer occurs.
In doing so, we ask that you consider and provide an assessment of the following, including in classified form if needed:
• the cost estimate and assessed timeline for retrofitting such an aircraft and installing communications and other equipment necessary to meet security and counterintelligence requirements for the Air Force One fleet;
• the timeline, if any, that the White House has directed for this aircraft to be ready for the President’s use, whether necessary modifications can be made within such a timeframe to meet Air Force One standards, and what risks such a timeline could entail;
• whether the existing contract for other Air Force One aircraft will continue or be terminated, including the cost of termination; and
• the counterintelligence and security risks of incorporating this aircraft, provided by a foreign government, into the Air Force One fleet.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter and to this request.
Sincerely,
Who told USAF it should be donated to the Reagan Library?
What? No Repos?
Why aren't you asking why the '47's already contracted and due in 2024, under Biden, not finished?
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