Trump says he will be a “stupid person” who does not accept a free plane from Qatar – my country

US President Donald Trump He defends the possibility of a plane to receive a gift from Qatar, which will be temporarily replaced Air Force is one Amid calls for bribery and corruption from senior US government officials.

At a press conference on Monday, the president said he would be a “stupid person” for his refusal Free plane from QatarHe said it was “a very nice gesture.”

“I think what happened with the plane is that we are very disappointed because it took a long time to build a new air force, and we have a 40 -year -old air force,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.

“They knew about (delay) because they buy Bings, and buy a lot of Baeings, and they knew that and said that we wanted to do something. And if we were able to get 747 as a contribution to our Ministry of Defense to use it for a few years while we were building that other, I think this is a very nice gesture. I appreciate that a lot,” as continued.

He said, “I can be a stupid person and say no, we don’t want a free plane.”

On Sunday, Qatari officials admitted that they had discussed the possibility of handing over a luxury plane to the president, before they were repeated that no deal had been completed, according to GuardianAnd they did not confirm that the plane was a gift, as Trump suggested in a post on X.

“So the fact that the Ministry of Defense gets a gift, free of charge, from a 747 plane to replace the 40 -year -old air force, temporarily, in a very public and transparent deal, so it disturbs the twisted democrats who insist that we pay it, and the Alawite dollar, for the plane.

The president says he is planning to use the plane to replace the first air force to leave his position in January 2029, when the property is transferred to his presidential library.

The possibility of a free plane entered into a wave of criticism from Democrats, who criticized this offer as a bribe and unconstitutional, which led to the leadership of Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer to Trump’s “America first” policy.

“Nothing says” America first “like Air Force One, which Qatar brought to you,” he wrote in a statement on X.

Likewise, Maryland’s Democratic MP Jimmy Raskin called for the president to obtain the approval of the House of Representatives before accepting the luxury plane as a gift.

“Trump must seek to agree to take this $ 300 million from Qatar. The constitution is completely clear: there is no present of any kind of foreign country without permission from Congress. A gift you use for four years and then deposit in your library is still a gift (and Grift),” he wrote on X.

Democratic opinion polls also published Makdirmut, that he was “literally powerless”, saying that this step was “bribe in broad daylight”, adding this before the Trump organization, which was run by the president’s children, revealed plans for a new Golf car worth US $ 5.5 billion in Qatar.

Experts noted that the use of a plane provided by a foreign nation can pose international security threats, and that the first air force is a military plane designed to protect its occupants.

The International Security Professor at Harvard University and CNN Juliet Kayem on X wrote that the effects of monitoring and security were “disturbing like Grift”.

“Qatar will definitely provide a plane that meets its needs as well,” she added.

Meanwhile, Maggie Haberman, the New York Times correspondent, wrote that the Trump plane is to receive “probably a more expensive gift than a foreign government in the history of the United States and is likely to ask questions from legal experts.”

The current presidential plane is Boeing 747-200That have the capabilities of air fuel and specially designed facilities on board, including offices; Special quarters of the president and his wife; Convertible medical facility; The fields of work and comfort for employees, the media, and the flight crew; Two mountains with the ability to feed 100 people at the same time; The latest navigation, electronic and communications equipment; Independent luggage and front and rear air stairs.

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