| crissindahouse said: It's truly a joke considering how 400m is something nobody in USA will even recognize so what's the purpose of that? It does let USA look very weak if their "pride" is just a gift from Qatar. What's next? Saudi Arabia paying for American streets and railway network? |
"The Qatari plane will first be a time-limited gift to the Air Force. Shortly before Trump leaves office, after it has been upgraded at taxpayer expense, it will be transferred to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Fund, which will then keep it available for the fund’s namesake. Presto: a gift to the Air Force becomes one to the library fund becomes a lavish lifetime perk for Trump personally."
Hilariously the American taxpayer will have to pay to upgrade it too, then Trump after he leaves office can use it as a private citizen, in effect it's just one big blatant bribe and the Americans are still paying for it, Lol. They've even worked out their shitty legal defence before it was even announced because of how fucked it is, basically it's a big stupid loophole.
"A foreign emoluments clause in the U.S. Constitution states “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” But anonymous sources told ABC News that Trump’s administration had already determined it is legal for the Defense Department to accept the plane and later give it to Trump’s library. ABC News also reported Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a legal memo last week to the White House counsel office saying it would be “legally permissible” for Qatar to condition the donation with the fact that it must be donated to Trump’s library before his term is up."
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"The Constitutional Emoluments Protection of American Interests Act of 2025 (H.R. 490) explicitly bars federal funds from flowing to Trump-owned entities. Yet here we are—taxpayers are footing the bill to retrofit a Qatari-donated 747 as Air Force One, only to have it funneled to a private foundation post-presidency. The Pentagon's $400M+ upgrade costs violate the letter of the law while creating a golden parachute for political insiders.
This isn't about national security—it's about laundering foreign gifts through military contracts. The same swamp creatures who wrote H.R. 490's prohibitions are now greenlighting its circumvention. Real accountability means enforcing existing statutes, not carving out luxury loopholes for the powerful."
