Boeing 747 gift from Qatar to DOD sparks constitutional debate over Air Force One

In response to questions about the legitimacy of accepting a gift from a foreign authority, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, in response to questions about the legitimacy of accepting a gift from a foreign authority, that Boeing 747 has been submitted to the United States by Qatar to be granted to the Ministry of Defense.

The royal family in Qatar offered to donate a Jumbo plane worth $ 400 million that could serve as one air force.

The White House was pushed back against Trump’s criticism, saying that any gift of foreign authority is always acceptable in full compliance with all laws.

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“Boeing 747 is granted to the United States Air Force/Ministry of Defense, not mine!” Trump wrote on the social truth platform in the middle of his visit to Saudi Arabia. “It is a gift from a nation, Qatar, which we have successfully defended for many years. Our government will use it as temporary folding forces, until the new Bings arrive, which has been very late in delivery.”

Some Democrats called for morals about the gift.

On Sunday, Representative Ricci Torres, DN.Y. , To the government accounting office, and he mocks the deal as “Grift Flying”, on the pretext that he violates the American constitution, which “frankly prohibits any person, or” any person who occupies a public position “on any present, office, address, or address of any kind of any property, or” prince “.

The Democrats of the House of Representatives call for “immediate” ethics from the gift of the Qatari plane to Trump

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump arrives at the first air force at King Khalid International Station at the Royal Airport in Rayyah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“I am writing to express his warning about reports that President Donald Trump is ready to accept a luxury plane-a Boeing 747-8-8-government. The plane, even if it was described as” a palace in the sky “, is scheduled to be available to President Trump for official use as one air force and then for use as soon as Tours leave it.

Trump asked why taxpayers put the bill for the plane when the United States can get one without any cost.

“These big savings will be spent, instead, to make America great again!” Trump wrote. “Just a fool who will not accept this gift on behalf of our country. Thank you for your interest in this matter!”

According to Trump, he toured the plane in February when it was at the West Palm Beach Airport runway in Florida, ABC News said during the weekend.

Air Force One, which holds President Donald Trump, starts from Palm Beach International Airport on March 16, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Center)

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According to what was reported, the gift was linked to legal reviews, such as the White House Advisor Office and the Ministry of Justice, a review of the legitimacy of the president who accept this price from a foreign country.

The current Air Force One Fleet includes two planes, and Trump grants a contract worth $ 3.9 billion in 2018, during his first term, to manufacture two new aircraft. However, the construction of the aircraft is not expected to be completed until 2029.

Anders Hagstrom of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.