US EditionWhile pushing ‘America First,’ Trump set to accept Qatar’s luxury jet as Air Force One
- President Donald Trump announced on May 12, 2025, his plan to accept a $400 million 747-8 luxury jet gifted by Qatar to serve as Air Force One temporarily.
- Trump attributed the gift to regional gratitude for U.S. Defense support and cited delays in Boeing's delivery of new presidential planes as a motivation.
- The aircraft is planned to be transferred to Trump's presidential library, while the legal aspects of its handover to the Department of Defense are still being reviewed.
- Democrats and good government advocates immediately criticized the gift, warning it creates conflicts of interest and raises serious national security concerns.
- The Trump administration maintains acceptance is a practical and lawful decision, with no concerns about Qatari demands influencing presidential actions.
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‘Gimme’: A Word That Explains the President’s Worldview
“When they give you a putt, you pick it up and walk to the next hole and say, ‘Thank you very much.’” That was President Trump using a golf analogy to explain why he planned to accept the gift of an airplane from Qatar to use as a new, more luxurious Air Force One. A golfer can “give a putt” to an opponent when a ball is so close to a hole that sinking it is virtually assured. Rather than waste the time to putt the ball, you can just pick it up …
‘We are facing a crisis’: While Trump enjoys a $400 million private jet, the FAA is stuck scavenging for aircraft parts on eBay
Donald Trump turned heads earlier this week when he made the controversial choice to accept an aircraft worth $400 million from Qatar as a gift. It comes in the same week that the Federal Aviation Administration admitted that they were relying on eBay and 3D printing in order to get the parts required for its outdated system. During a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Thursday United States Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, to…
Jim Jordan doesn't see a problem with Trump’s 'transparent' grift
U.S. President Donald Trump recently made a multi-country trip to the Middle East, visiting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar — whose government offered the United States a $400 million jet as a gift. Trump's Democratic critics are saying that it is wildly inappropriate for Trump to accept the jet from Qatar's government. But Trump's defenders, NOTUS' Riley Rogerson reports in an article published on May 16, are insisting th…
What’s Really Behind Qatar’s Offer of an Arabian Air Force One - WhoWhatWhy
What could possibly go wrong with Donald Trump’s gleeful acceptance of the free gift from the emir of Qatar of a $400 million luxury Boeing-747 as an interim substitute for Air Force One? The short answer is just about everything. Chances are, these days hardly anyone remembers the fiasco of the Great Seal. In 1945, a group of school children in Moscow presented the American ambassador with a beautifully hand-carved wooden rendition of the Grea…
Air Shady — If Trump were a country, he’d be just like Qatar - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
With the news that the royal family of Qatar is gifting a $400 million airliner to the Trump administration to use as a new Air Force One, it has become clear to me that if President Donald Trump were a country, he’d be Qatar.
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