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US Accepts Qatar Luxury Jet for Possible Use as Air Force One

US Accepts Qatar Luxury Jet for Possible Use as Air Force One

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Pentagon spokesperson confirms acceptance of a luxury Boeing 747 from the government of Qatar, stating the aircraft will be owned by the US Air Force once the required modifications are completed to meet presidential security standards. The gift has raised constitutional and ethical concerns due to the US Constitution's prohibition on government officials accepting gifts from foreign states.

Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
1. Not only would it take billions of taxpayer dollars to even attempt to retrofit and secure this plane, but there's absolutely no amount of modifications that can guarantee it will be secure.
2. Donald Trump has shown time and [time] again he will sell out the American people and the presidency if it means filling his own pockets.
Chris Murphy
Democratic Party
1. This is the definition of corruption. Foreign governments putting money in the president's pocket and then the US giving them national security concessions that hurt our own security.
2. It's because these are the three countries willing to pay him off. Every single one of these countries is giving Trump money – the plane from Qatar, an investment in his cryptocurrency scam from the UAE – and they are asking for national security concessions in return.
Sean Parnell
Pentagon
1. The Secretary of Defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations.
2. The Department of Defense will work to ensure proper security measures and functional-mission requirements are considered for an aircraft used to transport the President of the United States.
Karoline Leavitt
Republican Party
1. The president, frankly, has nothing to do with it.
Josh Hawley
Republican Party
1. I prefer a big, beautiful plane built in the United States, made in America, bought in America.
Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. They are giving the United States Air Force a jet.
2. I appreciate it very much. I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer.
3. Why should our military, and therefore our taxpayers, be forced to pay hundreds of millions of Dollars when they can get it for FREE from a country that wants to reward us for a job well done. This big savings will be spent, instead, to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!.
Nicholas Veronico
1. If the conversion can be done within a year and President Trump is flying around the world in this new less-than-Air-Force-One Air Force One, then he's flying in a compromised airplane. And we're putting our president at risk.
Richard Aboulafia
AeroDynamic Advisory
1. In terms of encrypted communications, to electronic warfare, to back-up power systems — it wouldn't have any of that in that time frame.
2. They wouldn't be able to install the kinds of capabilities you typically find on an Air Force One.