#Trump flew out of Turkey on Wednesday night on the old #AirForceOne instead of his new #Qatar - donated Boeing 747-8 as a security precaution related to the resumption of hostilities with #Iran, according to people briefed on the plans, who said the change came at the urging of the #SecretService. The swap deepens questions about Trump’s rushed retrofitting of the new plane.
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#Senate #Democrats tried to advance a resolution that condemned “any acceptance of a Presidential aircraft, or any other substantial gift, from a foreign government as a grave #NationalSecurity threat to the Office of the President” & demanded that such a gift could only be accepted with the approval of Congress.
#Republican Sen #TommyTuberville of #Alabama blocked the measure.
#Trump #Qatar #AirForceOne #law #emoluments
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/problems-trumps-free-luxury-jet-qatar-s-not-actually-free-rcna206706
#Trump angrily brushed off ethical concerns about accepting a $400 million luxury jet from #Qatar to be used as a new #AirForceOne, saying only someone “stupid” would turn down such an offer.
“I think it’s a great gesture from Qatar. I appreciate it very much. I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer. I mean, I could be a stupid person say, ‘No, we don’t want a free, very expensive airplane.’ But it was—I thought it was a great gesture,” Trump said.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/trump-qatar-plane-jet.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=F6768AF9-4106-43C0-8EE7-ECBF9E2D44E5
#Trump solicited the damn thing, so—not a freaking gift at all.
The Inside Story of Trump’s Search for a New #AirForceOne
#Qatar had been trying to sell off a luxury jet for years, with no luck. Then Trump’s team set its sights on it.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #emoluments #corruption #NationalSecurity
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/politics/trump-air-force-one-qatar-jet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ik8.kIs0.LGc-fUJ-F_4u&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump makes no secret of his displeasure over the cost of renovating the #FederalReserve headquarters — around $2.5 billion, or even higher by Trump’s *accounting*.
But getting the White House to discuss another of Washington’s expensive renovation projects, the cost of refurbishing a “free” #AirForceOne from #Qatar, is quite another matter.
Officially, & conveniently, the price tag has been classified.
#hypocrisy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/air-force-one-trump-cost.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
As most Americans are struggling under the #Trump #economy, he unveiled the new #AirForceOne jet gifted to him by #Qatar.
“This plane was transformed into a flying White House at a level of #luxury that nobody has ever seen before,” Trump said from inside the massive Joint Base Andrews hangar, as a couple hundred assembled Air Force personnel looked on.
#OutOfTouch #billionaires #greed #law #emoluments
https://apnews.com/article/trump-air-force-one-qatar-5d6997dba287d70749b736067c8a337b