"Trump is accepting a 747-8 'flying palace' jumbo jet from Qatar as a gift. ABC: 'The Trump admin is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar - a gift that is to be available for use by President Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation.'”
~ Ron Filipkowski
“The gift is expected to be announced next week, when Trump visits Qatar on the first foreign trip of his second term. Trump toured the plane, which is so opulently configured it is known as ‘a flying palace,’ while it was parked at the West Palm Beach International Airport in February.”
"CREW: 'During the 4 years that Trump serves his 2nd term, real estate developers will be working on, planning, building and opening a total of 20 Trump-branded projects around the globe. In 9 foreign countries, these developers will seek subcontractors, buyers and permits from the govt. The developments that are underway—being planned, constructed, sold and delivered to buyers—will nearly triple the number of Trump properties operating abroad.'”
"The President of the United States is quite literally selling access and influence to the highest bidder. Qatar isn't giving a $400 million jet out of the goodness of their hearts – they expect something in return. That's how transactional relationships work, and nobody understands transactional relationships better than Donald Trump. What exactly is Qatar buying with this $400 million 'gift'?"
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption
/4
https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/trump-caught-in-major-corruption
"Access? Influence? Favorable trade terms? Military protection? We don't know, and that's precisely the problem. When foreign governments can simply purchase the president's favor with luxury gifts, American interests take a backseat to the president's personal enrichment."
"The arrangement is all the more corrupt because the US Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly co-authored a memo concluding that the transaction is permissible under US law and the Constitution."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #PamBondi
/6
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/how-does-he-get-away-with-it
"Although gift exchanges are common between heads of state, the Constitution prohibits federal officials from receiving personal gifts from foreign heads of state without the consent of Congress."
~ Emell Derra Adolphus
"All foreign gifts over the 'minimal value'—$480 as of March 2025—are considered gifts to the people of the United States and must be purchased from the General Services Administration (GSA) at fair market value for them to be retained, as outlined by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum."
"Trump just can’t resist bribes ...
He’s been salivating over the plane for months. It’s bigger and newer than Air Force One — and so opulently configured that it’s known as 'a flying palace.' (No report on whether it contains a golden toilet.)"
~ Robert Reich
"Apparently he’s been talking about the plane for months. In February, he toured it while it was parked at Palm Beach International Airport.
He’s tried to redecorate the White House into a palace but that’s not nearly as satisfying as flying around the world in one, especially once he’s left the White House (assuming he will)."
"Last week Donald Trump announced that a $5.5 billion golf course and Trump resort would be built in Qatar. This week Qatar gifts the President a luxury jet that he can keep when he leaves office.
This is corruption in its rawest form."
~ Travis Akers
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption
/11
https://mastodon.online/@MEActNOW@mastodon.social/114490294366172668
"This is banana republic shit.
There is no other way to describe the news, first reported by ABC, that President Trump is accepting a $400 million jet from the royal family of Qatar."
~ Liz Dye
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption
/12
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/qatar-bribes-trump-with-bling-blimp
"The most brazen presidential grift in U.S. history: Trump takes a massive bribe from Qatar while you pay more for everything.
Only Donald Trump—the famously inattentive father of five children with three different women—would use Mother’s Day as an opportunity to receive gifts."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe
/13
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-got-a-jet-youre-getting-higher
"And, oh, what a gift it was. ...
It’s a bribe—pure and simple.
This is the most brazenly corrupt move by any president in U.S. history, and it’s not close. It’s no different than Qatar handing Trump $400 million in cash in a duffel bag under the table."
"Thirty years ago, I imagine network news would have done a whole show about how our politics was being corrupted by foreign influence, or some such. But given that factfulness has been polarized, we live in a media environment where news companies have business incentives to 'moderate' their language on norm violations — else they risk alienating half of the country."
~ G. Elliott Morris
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe
/16
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/how-should-the-media-cover-trumps
"Attorney General Pam Bondi, who previously worked as a lobbyist to the government of Qatar, provided a legal memo on the legality of the gift to White House Counsel David Warrington, according to ABC News."
~ Edith Olmsted
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #PamBondi
/18
https://newrepublic.com/post/195113/donald-trump-damning-report-qatar-private-jet
"Everywhere you look, there are more deals that look so much like outright bribes that in any other administration they would generate investigations, enormous news coverage, and calls for impeachment."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe
/19
https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/what-trumps-corruption-will-cost
"Let us start by calling this giant luxury plane that Qatar is gifting Donald Trump what it is: a bribe.
Bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe bribe BRIBE."
~ Gary Legum
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe
/20
https://www.wonkette.com/p/qatar-gives-biggest-bestest-plane
"Trump is the most corrupt President in U.S. history. Period. We've never seen anything like this!"
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe
/23
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-is-the-most-corrupt-president
"Trump once claimed he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and he wouldn’t lose any voters. Apparently, he can also accept the largest bribe in the history of our country and not suffer any consequences from his own party."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Qatar #Boeing #corruption #bribery #bribe #Republicans
/24
The United States Constitution - Emoluments Clause - Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 - is pretty clear.
The Constitution expressly prohibits the President from accepting “any present, emolument, Office or Title” from any “foreign state” without approval from Congress.
This is so totally sick! What kind of country has the US now become?! 😮
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