President Donald Trump is days away from getting a $400 million “reward” from a international nation.
A July 7 communication reviewed by The Submit and signed by Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Protection Affairs Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, confirms that Qatar will give the “donation” to the Division of Protection.
The deal, months within the making, raises authorized, moral and nationwide safety issues. Whereas the U.S. Structure forbids anybody holding public workplace from accepting items from international governments with out approval from Congress, Republicans have largely shrugged off the deal.
“Can’t beat free,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) informed reporters when requested concerning the provide in Might.
Trump, who has referred to the jet as a “palace within the sky,” predictably feels the identical means.
The moral ramifications are so obvious that even the doc reviewed by The Submit seems to take further effort to explicitly state that this isn’t a bribe.
“Nothing on this [memorandum of understanding] is, or shall be interpreted or construed as, a proposal, promise or acceptance of any type of bribery, undue affect, or corrupt observe,” the doc reportedly stated.
The jet would change into the brand new presidential airplane till the top of Trump’s time period earlier than being turned over to Trump’s presidential library basis. Nonetheless, even earlier than it may be used, the U.S. Air Pressure will doubtless spend lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of taxpayer cash on renovating the airplane — a course of that would take years.
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Trump has made clear he’ll settle for “items” from any nation keen to provide them. At a White Home assembly in Might, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa jokingly informed Trump he was “sorry I don’t have a airplane to provide you.”
“I want you probably did,” Trump responded. “I’d take it. In case your nation supplied the USA Air Pressure a airplane, I might take it.”
