Qatar's gift or grift?
- President Donald Trump accepted a $400 million Boeing 747 gift from Qatar's royal family on May 12, 2025, intended as the next Air Force One aircraft.
- The gift followed Trump's January Executive Order to Combat Anti-Semitism and drew Republican and MAGA critics concerned that Qatar funds Hamas, a terror group.
- Trump defended the donation as a 'gesture of good faith' amid Boeing's delays and his personal involvement in foreign business dealings, sparking backlash from allies and Democrats.
- Senator Bernie Sanders called the gift 'farcically corrupt' and 'blatantly unconstitutional,' while reports noted ethical questions about Trump accepting a personal foreign donation.
- This event highlights tensions between Trump's foreign engagements and his stated war on antisemitism, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and politicized enforcement actions.
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Joe Scarborough didn’t mince words Tuesday as he torched Donald Trump’s foreign policy and his latest headline-grabbing move: accepting a $400 million private jet from Qatar’s royal family. “This is chaos,” Scarborough said on Morning Joe. “It is hard for foreign leaders to follow, it’s hard for people in Wall Street to follow.” Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit mixing politics and business. But what really set off alarms—even …
'This is chaos': Morning Joe rips into Trump over bizarre foreign policy
President Donald Trump has tried to remake the U.S. economy in his own image — and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said that was causing "chaos" across global financial markets.The president arrived Tuesday in Saudi Arabia for the start of three days of summits in the Middle East that will blend business and diplomacy, and he sparked backlash from some of his leading MAGA allies by accepting a $400 million Boeing 747 from Qatar's royal family as the nex…
Gift Or Grift? — Qatar’s Offer Of A 747 As Trump’s Air Force One – American Liberty News
The Trump team is in talks with the Qatari royal family about their donating or loaning a $400 million jumbo jet to the US Department of Defense. The plane would then be outfitted by DOD to serve as the US presidential aircraft — known as “Air Force One” when the president is on board. The […]
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