Donald Trump defends the 747 Jet of Qatar as a New Air Force One

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Donald Trump has defended a plan for the United States to accept a $ 400 million jumbo jet of Qatar “for free” after Democrats criticize the move as “corruption in sight.”

In a post on social media Sunday, the President of the United States said that the Defense Department will receive a Boeing 747-8 of the Gulf State to replace “40-year-old air force”.

Been a spare plane made by Boeing in the United States delayed for several years.

TrumpWho should visit Qatar this week, said that the plane would be a temporary solution. Sunday reports suggested that the aircraft would remain in the United States and would be given to the founding of the Trump’s presidential library once the president left office.

In addition to being a potential violation of the emolument clause in the United States Constitution, this gift would probably be the largest by a foreign state or entity for a U.S. President in recent history.

Trump called the movement a “very public and transparent transaction” and accused the Democrats of wanting to pay the “upper dollar” on the plane. “Anyone can do it!”

ABC News originally reported about the proposed gift. Qatar called the “inaccurate” report, but confirmed that “the possible transfer of a plane for temporary use as a Air Air Force is currently considered.”

Ali al-Ansari, a media assistant to Qatar’s Washington Embassy, ​​said: “The matter is still reviewed by the respective legal departments and no decision has been made.”

The White House did not respond to a comment request.

Qatar’s proposed gift reports led to even some of Trump’s most loyal supporters. Influencer Laura Loomer tagged the transaction as a “$ 400 million gift from jihadists in dresses” and suggested that it would be “a stain to the administrator if this is true.”

Eisen standard, former Tsar White House and Trump’s critic, said that the measure was “illegal and unconstitutional”.

In 747, owned by Qatari, it has just over a decade and one of the most luxurious private aircraft in the world. Trump resorted to her while parked at Palm Beach International Airport near her Mar-Aago house in February, according to New York Times.

Trump goes to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week. The trip has already attracted the criticism of the campaigns, after Eric Trump Business offers for Trump Organization In front of his father’s visit.