Trump's Air Force One deal with Qatar not finalized, being reviewed by prospective legal teams: Report

Qatar keeps purchasing political influence - Washington Examiner

Much ethical debate has occurred since Qatar floated the idea of gifting President Donald Trump a Boeing 747 to replace America’s aging fleet of presidential planes. The idea surfaced shortly before Trump’s recent Middle East visit, but it’s certainly not a novel idea hatched by Doha. In 2018, after learning that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was looking to add to his fleet of presidential airplanes, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad a…

How Qatar Bought America

In the past few weeks, Qatar has been all over the news with flashy headlines of a $400 million luxury jet that the country gifted to President Donald Trump. It symbolized their opulence and eagerness to please the U.S.But 40 years ago, Qatar was a country with a gross domestic product (GDP) of a few billion dollars. Since the 19th century, it has been run by the Al Thani family, which can trace its roots in the region back thousands of years.Qa…

Qatar at Center of Battle for Hearts and Minds - WhoWhatWhy

When Donald Trump recently completed the first visit to Qatar by a sitting US president, he not only generated impressive financial deals worth $1.2 trillion, he also boosted a public relations counterattack that Qatar’s emir hopes will help dampen a long-standing campaign aimed at sullying the Gulf state’s reputation. The anti-Qatar campaign, largely inspired by Israel, portrays Qatar as a state governed by closeted Islamists who speak out of b…

Is It About the Jet, or Just About Trump? » The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Recently, the U.S. Department of Defense received a Boeing 747-8 jet from the government of Qatar, valued at $400 million. The plane is now in San Antonio, where it will undergo about $1 billion in upgrades to become the next Air Force One. Although official statements have confirmed that the aircraft is not for Donald Trump’s personal use, some media reports have treated the gift as if it were. These articles describe it as an unusual and possi…

Qatari jet stunt is a Trump vanity project

Vanity costs U.S. taxpayers in wasted dollars. We apparently need a newer used presidential plane because the one we own is too old and insufficiently lavish. The president seems impatient waiting for the $4 billion-plus investment our taxpayers are spending on two new Air Force One planes, due to be completed in 2027. Forbes reported […]

Iowa law would ground Trump's donated jet

Last week, the Pentagon accepted the emir of Qatar's gift of a Boeing 747, a $400 million bauble donated for our president to enjoy by a monarch whose family has ruled the tiny Mideast nation for more than a century.