US EditionDemocrats Question Legality and Ethics of Trump's Use of Donated Jet
- Senior Senate Democrats have urged the Pentagon’s inspector general to look into President Trump’s receipt of a $400 million Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar, raising questions about legal, constitutional, and national security implications.
- The request follows concerns about potential violations of the Constitution's Emoluments Clause and national security risks from integrating a foreign aircraft into U.S. Government use.
- The jet, a 13-year-old Boeing 747-8, would temporarily replace delayed Air Force One planes and require extensive retrofits costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Senators warned the gift could compromise military advice, entangle the Department of Defense with President Trump's financial interests, and present foreign influence risks, while Trump insisted the plane is a government gift.
- This controversy prompts a formal inquiry into legal and security implications, highlighting tensions over foreign gifts and the precedent it sets for national security and constitutional law.
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What the Constitution Actually Says About Qatar’s Jet Gift to Trump
I hate terror-supporting Middle Eastern countries as much as the next guy, but if we’re asking what the law says about the gift of a “palace in the sky” from Qatar, what the president should do and what he is legally allowed to do are not the same thing.This is not Trump’s first brush with the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause. During his first presidential term, he faced lawsuits about accepting payments from officials of foreign and state gover…
Senate Dems Urge Inquiry Into Qatar’s Jet Gift to US
A group of senior Senate Democrats is calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to investigate President Donald Trump’s acceptance of a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar, citing legal, constitutional, and national security concerns over what would be one of the largest foreign gifts ever accepted by a U.S. president, The Hill reported. Nine Democrats, led by Sen. Adam Schiff of California, on Tuesday requested that the Department of Defense’s…
Democrats heap scrutiny on Trump jet gift: 'It is gross, it is reckless, it is corrupt'
Democrats are planning to put as much scrutiny as they can on President Trump’s plan to accept the gift of a plane from Qatar to serve as Air Force One, arguing the ethical and national security lapses in accepting the jet will resonate with the public. They also want to cast the Department of Justice under Trump as no longer standing for U.S. values, saying that under Attorney General Pam Bondi, it has instead been transformed into a legal enti…
Democrats heap scrutiny on Trump jet gift: ‘It is gross, it is reckless, it is corrupt’
Democrats are heaping scrutiny on President Trump for potentially accepting a jet gifted by Qatar. One senator called it "the most blatant, obvious, ridiculous, gross corruption that I've ever seen."
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