Trump’s critics and supporters agree against Qatar Plane -Deal

In his eagerness to accept a plane from Qatar, Donald Trump has achieved a remarkable achievement and united many partisans in the bitter political gap of America.

The problem for the White House is that unity takes place in contrast to it.

The opponents of Trump in the Democratic Party declined the president in predictably after he indicated that he would accept a luxury jet of the royal family of Qatari.

More remarkable – and potentially more disturbing for the president – is that some of his strongest supporters also have serious concerns about the deal, even if it has not yet been completed.

MAGA influencers have described the move as a “bribe”, Graorg or an example of high-level corruption that Trump himself has consistently promised.

The Qatari Royal Family is planning to give the luxury Boeing 747-8, estimated at $ 400 million (£ 300 million), to the US Department of Defense that is used as part of a fleet of aircraft called Air Force One-the official way of the president air travel.

The current fleet comprises two 747-200 jets that have been in use since 1990, Together with various smaller and somewhat mysterious 757s.

The White House says that the new aircraft – which may require years and millions of dollars to resume and upgrade – will be transferred to the Presidential Library of Trump at the end of its term.

After the News broke on SundayThe recoil was fierce and immediately.

“I think the technical term is ‘Skezy’,” Deadpanned Conservative Daily Wire Commentator Ben Shapiro on his podcast.

“Qatar does not give President Trump a $ 400 million jet from the goodness of their dear little hearts,” he said. “They try to fill money in bags on a completely dual fashion.”

He and others pointed to accusations that Qatar led money to terrorist groups – accusations that the country has denied – and Qataris mentioned the world’s greatest proponents of terrorism on an international scale. “

Laura Loomer, the conspiracy distribution of social media influencer who agites for dismisses of top officials from the White House, were considered insufficiently loyalinterrupted its steady stream Pro-Trump messages to criticize the move.

Although she said she was still supporting the president, she called the plane deal “a spot” and placed a cartoon of the Trojan horse, again trend as an airplane and filled with armed Islamic militants.

Trump also found little support for the plan in more regular points of sale.

The New York Post, which can usually be calculated to support a large part of the populist Maga agenda, has carried out a blunt editors: “Qatar’s” Palace in the Sky “Jet is not a” free gift ” – and Trump shouldn’t accept it as one.”

And Mark Levin, a consistent cheerleader of the president in Fox News and his radio talk show, posted on X who accused Qatar of being a “terrorist state” and wrote: “Their jet and all the other things they buy in our country does not offer them the coverage they are looking for”.

During his first term, Trump himself accused Qatar of financing terror groups.

When the BBC was contacted, the Qatarese embassy in Washington pointed to an interview Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-thandi gave CNN on the plane.

“It is a government-to-governmental transaction. It has nothing to do with personal relationships nor on the American side, nor on the Qatari side. It is between the two ministries of Defense,” he said.

“Why would we buy influence in the United States?” He added, and always claimed Qatar “was always a reliable and trusted partner. This is not a one -way relationship.”

In response to criticism of the deal, the White House has doubled. Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that the administration was “dedicated to full transparency”.

“Every gift given by a foreign government is always accepted in full compliance with all applicable laws,” she said.

Although nothing has been offered in exchange for the plane, many commentators said it would be naive to expect Qatari -Konklijke family to hand out such a large item without vesting series.

“They see very clearly that if you reward Donald Trump with gifts, perhaps pay off,” said Doug Heye, a political strategist and former communication director of the Republican National Committee, at the BBC. “Flattery brings you somewhere with Donald Trump, and we have seen that time and time again.”

The American Constitution includes a clause that prevent civil servants from accepting ‘every present, emolument, office or title, of any kind, from every king, prince or foreign state’.

But the White House has pointed out that the plane, at least to start with, will be donated to the US government.

Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly investigated the legality of the deal and determined that because there are no explicit conditions, it would not be.

Conservatives and others quickly pointed out that Bondi was registered as a lobbyist for Qatar before he came to the Trump cabinet, on some points that earned up to $ 115,0000 (£ 87,000) per month from her work for the Qatari government.

The Trump organization also continues to maintain ties with Qatar and announced a deal last month to build a luxury golf resort in the country.

During a press conference in the White House on Tuesday, the President destroyed a reporter who raised questions about the ethics of the transaction.

“What do you say to people who consider that luxury jet to be a personal gift to you?” asked ABC reporter Rachel Scott.

“You should embarrass yourself to ask that question,” Trump replied, after using his standard “fake news” Jibe.

“They give us a free jet,” said the president. “I could say,” No, no, no, don’t give us, I want to pay you a billion or 400 million “… or I could say” thank you very much “.”

On the Truth Social, the President later placed several reports that indicate that the statue of liberty was a gift from France and wrote at the end of Tuesday: “The Boeing 747 is given to the Air Force/Ministry of Defense of the United States, not to me!”

“Only a fool would not accept this gift on behalf of our country,” he wrote.

But even some within the Republican Party of Trump expressed their concern.

“I think it is not worth the appearance of inappropriate, whether it is incorrect or not,” Rand Paul, Republican Senator from Kentucky, told Fox News.

“I wonder if our ability to assess (Qatar’s) human rights record will be clouded by the fact of this great gift,” said Paul.

Another Republican Senator, Ted Cruz from Texas, said that accepting the gift would “cause considerable espionage and monitoring problems”.

Trump found some support within his party. “Free is good. You know, we don’t have a lot of money at the moment to buy things like that,” Sen Tommy Tuberville told CNN.

Doug Heye, the Republican strategist, suggested that the deal in the long term could not harm the popularity of Trump with its base.

“Trump has been able to change scandals for years that would otherwise be for other politicians in things we forgot,” he said. “He is very competent in that.”