The government of the USA He received as a gift from the Qatari Royal Family A Boeing 747-8 plane And, although it has not yet accepted, everything seems to indicate that Donald Trump there would be Given the approval to receive the aircraft which would be equipped to serve as the presidential plane Air Force One.
It was the chain ABC News the first to publicize the news and who explained that It would be the most expensive gift received by the United States government.
Then, the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, reported in an interview with Fox News: “The Qatar government has kindly offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense. Legal details in this regard are still being resolved “.
The luxurious plane, which It would have an approximate cost of US $ 400 millionwould finally be donated to the Trump presidential library once he left the position.
Through a publication in his social network Truth Social the Republican confirmed the news: “So the fact that the Department of Defense is receiving a free gift, from a 747 plane to replace the Air Force One, temporarily, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, It annoys the corrupt democrats so much that insist that we pay many dollars for the plane“
The criticisms of the opposition sectors are to accept this gift by Qatar It would be little ethical and probably unconstitutional.
The Democratic leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, He expressed himself in this regard and wrote in X: “Nothing says ‘United States first’ as an Air Force One courtesy of Qatar. It is not just bribery, it is premium foreign influence with extra space for the legs.”
For its part, the spokeswoman Leavitt said in a statement: “Any gift given by a foreign country It is always accepted in full compliance with all applicable lawss. President Trump’s government is committed to total transparency. “
In turn, the spokesman Qatari, Ali Al-Ansari, communicated to The New York Times that the gift was still under consideration and that “No decision had been made ” In this regard.
The gift to President Trump would be given within the framework of the Tour of US President in the Middle East this week.
According to ABCRepublican management considers that the transaction does not violate the anti -corruption laws or the Constitution, which prevent an American official from accepting gifts “From a king, a prince or a foreign state.”
Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia with the aim of promoting trade agreements
Donald Trump began his tour through three nations of the Gulf after arrivingthis Tuesday, To Saudi Arabia. The American leader will be focused on the closure of multimillionaire commercial agreements, while seeking to address issues from the region, such as nuclear dialogue with Iran, the free transit of merchandise by the Red Sea or the current situation of the war in Gaza.
In detail, the American president will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. After his arrival, Trump and the heir prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, The Saudi royal court in Riyadh where they held an initial encounter were directed.
At the first stop of his tour, Trump was received by the Royal Family – headed by Mohammed Bin Salman – and an investment forum between the two countries is expected to open. “I really think we like us,” Trump said upon his arrival on the heir prince in addition to highlighting the “tremendous relationship” between them.
In addition, the US president also praised the Saudi investment in his country, which he described as a generator as a “A huge amount of jobs”
Source: Ambito
