Trump keeps raging over criticism of Qatar luxury plane 'gift'

On May 11, a pair of sources with files of the topic leaked the knowledge that the Trump administration became planning to accept a Boeing 747-8 (BA) jet from Qatar's royal family.

The thought has been to equip the aircraft for exercise as Air Force One and, on the cease of Trump's second term as president, switch it to his presidential library for persevered exercise as a non-public citizen — a switch that straight raised each and every moral and factual questions. Article 9 of the Structure explicitly states that a president can't accept gifts or titles "of any variety no topic from any King, Prince, or international Enlighten" without the approval of Congress.

"That is no longer a certified thought even supposing the aircraft became being donated to the U.S. authorities," Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) wrote on social media platform on Sunday night. "But Trump GET TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It be simply a money payment to Trump in trade for favors. Good wildly illegal."

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Trump confirms Boeing 747-8 jet: 'A present, for free'

Varied criticism excited relating to the possible of spyware and adware to be installed in a aircraft talented by a international state. As outrage all over the Boeing jet gift persevered to develop, President Trump confirmed plans to salvage it on his social media platform Truth Social.

"So the reality that the Protection Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to change the 40 12 months historic Air Force One, fleet, in a extremely public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Zigzag Democrats that they deliver we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the aircraft," Trump posted at 8:42 p.m. on May 11. "Anyone can carry out that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!!"

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The switch comes after Boeing (BA) supplied that it wouldn't get dangle of a method to boom a new 747-8 for exercise as Air Force One till 2027 amid each and every present chain delays and a pair of safety investigations that the aircraft producer has confronted all the strategy in which thru the final 12 months.

President Trump has publicly feuded with Boeing over the availability date that has been many times pushed attend from 2022 and is generally prolonged all yet again till the cease of his presidential term.

'We may buy a aircraft or catch a aircraft or something'

"No, I'm no longer satisfied with Boeing," he suggested BBC in February 2025. "It takes them a prolonged time to carry out, you admire, Air Force One, we gave that contract out a prolonged time ago. We may buy a aircraft or catch a aircraft or something."

Trump had previously toured the Boeing 747-8 jet owned by the Qatari royal family whereas it became at Palm Beach World Airport and touted it as a "palace in the sky."

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While the gift became at the initiating anticipated to be supplied when Trump visits Qatar on his four-day state scramble to the Center East on the cease of the week, the White Home later acknowledged that it wouldn't be confirmed on this consult with.

On May 12, White Home Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt suggested journalists that "any gift given by a international authorities is always celebrated in corpulent compliance with all acceptable criminal pointers."

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