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Trump to accept luxury jet from Qatar's royal family. Is this right or wrong?

President Donald Trump is poised to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the Qatari royal family that will be converted as the new Air Force One.

In essence, the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction. "It so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane. Anybody can do that!" Trump said. "The Dems are World Class Losers!!!"

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Trump's top White House lawyer, David Warrington, concluded it would be "legally permissible" for the jet to be donated as long as it is transferred to Trump’s presidential library before his term ends.
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nudistsueaz · 61-69, F
All gifts actually belong to the US, not the person. Even when given to a person. So no issue here, if any of it's TRUE.
iamthe99 · 36-40New
@nudistsueaz The hoops you MAGATs jump through to deny the obvious: this is a Bribe. Change the word “Trump” to “Biden” and you’ll be changing your excuse soon enough 🤭
The President accepting a jet is perfectly fine ... but I believe the rule states that all gifts legally have to stay with the office, in this case the office of President.

But they're also going to sweep it for hidden microphones and put 500 million dollars worth of Presidential tech in it, to make it Air Force one ready.

Therefore, donating the gift away from America and the office of President would be wrong, as they're basically illegally keeping it, just like crooked Hillary kept the White House good China when she left. Except Hillary's item didn't come with 500 million dollars worth of tech.


Also, Trump in his 2016 time in office, stopped the current Air Force One plane and demanded a bunch of upgrades... which he insistent to pay top dollar to make it so much more expensive, not the Democrats, so he's lying.

If Trump, or Trump's library wants the plane, then it should be donated to those places, not to the President... and it should not have the 500 million of Presidential tech installed as it then would not be Air Force one.

This is very wrong, in multiple ways.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@sstronaut
This is very wrong, in multiple ways.

It could be wrong based on your definition of the rules. Creative accounting has opened new ways to conduct business without breaking the law. De-regulation is the name of the game. New ways of doing old things is innovation. This is what made America great.
@sree251 No they're not my definition of the rules, they're the law, and it's not my law, it's the American law that all in America are supposed to follow.

Are you an accountant?

No, stealing 500 million from the American people is not what makes America great...

And no, illegal actions is not what makes America great....

And they're not de-regulation anything, they're just straight breaking the law ... de-regulating is when you change the law first, they aren't even attempting to do that.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Well its wrong. But it will give the Sheriff one more thing to seize when he eventuall does bo completely bankrupt again. Or for his estate to settle his debts with after he goes out that window he walked too close to..😷
sree251 · 41-45, M
@whowasthatmaskedman
The law is inside the box.

The law is the box. The box can be changed to meet demands of a changing world.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@sree251 Sure.. And I am certain thats the idea. To have one law the "them" and another for "us".. But that isnt how it is right now. He is breaking existing laugh. But its not enforced..😷
newjaninev2 · 56-60, F
@sree251
The box can be changed

unlike integrity, honour, and character.

oh wait..! It's MAGamerica, right?
Carla · 61-69, F
It is corrupt. For all the reasons you've been given here. Trump railed against democrats, claiming a banana republic was being created. Corruption is what creates and defines that type of government. Trump wallows in that type of corruption.
There is nothing innovative about it. There are laws that prohibit these kinds of "gifts". Those laws are to protect us. If you can not understand why, or if you just don't care, well...you just quoted a trump truth social post. Verbatim. And you believe it.
So, not thinking it through and blindly accepting his justification for illegalities makes you no more than a common cultist tool.

Were you one of the people that was all worked up about the biden crime family? With no evidence, certain that biden was trading favors for payments. It didnt happen, but the numbers were what? 5 million? Ten?
This is a four hundred million dollar gift. And Qatar wants stuff. They are meeting trump in days. I bet they get that stuff...
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
It's wrong. It's risky. And, it's not constitutional. Both Bondi and the lawyer will literally tell Cry-Baby-trump whatever he fancies to hear, so their counsel is basically worthless. And, the idea that it would only be legal if his library and not the government took possession of it is literally in-your-face laughable. It really is a disgrace that as he is telling "baby girls" of 11-years-old (in his words and ideology) how many dolls and pencils they should have under some kind of bizarre austerity program that soothes and favours his ego, he is reaching out for a gift of a multi-million dollar luxury plane (that most likely will be bugged) to support his lavish lifestyle. What next... is he going to build a 1920's style opulent ballroom in the White House as he cuts healthcare from citizens and denies schoolchildren lunch program food?
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
A 747 is not a luxury jet lol
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@sree251 It's going to be hilarious when the plane crashes. With luck, it will avoid crashing in a city.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
You can't imagine all of the ways you can easily sabotage a B747 plane. If the orange traitor takes it he may not take too many flights on it.
Seems like a pretty obvious bribe.
@sree251 Again, Can we please stop pretending blatant corruption is just people being nice to each other.

You are right about the US giving billions to other countries. But none of that has ever been without strings attached. And pretending otherwise is again factually wrong and dishonest.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow
lol that's a bribe.

Being nice to one another is bribery?
@sree251 That is the entire basis of your argument that this is not bribery.
Hardcore corruption. Just imagine the outrage if a Democrat did this.
@sree251 No, they're just not as brazenly corrupt. But in a way it's good, the more openly corrupt the Republicans are, the faster MAGA burns itself out, as Fascism always does.
trollslayer · 46-50, M
@sree251 or, the dems are the new party of “law and order”.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@sree251
The Dems don't have the imagination to come up with a good deal.

Oh... so now there is a deal. I thought the Qatari royal family was doing it as a "GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE". (in all caps)
Other people would get headaches from the cognitive dissonance, but you need to have some form of intelligence to be bothered by it all.
Patriot96 · 56-60, C
Kind of ahead of yourself there sparky
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
Wow, the U.S.A. is getting a Luxuary Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the Qatari royal family as a gift, free of charge. Out of the kindness of their hearts...

I guess the only world class losers, are people that believe this stuff.
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zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@iamthe99 Trump would have business ties there, just like he does in Saudi Arabia.

 
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