Qatar denies its offer from a $ 400 million plane to Donald Trump is bribery

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The Prime Minister in Qatar denied that his country would offer a Jumbo of $ 400 million to President Donald Trump in an attempt to buy influence, saying that the United States has historically accepted many countries.

“I see that it is a natural thing that happens between the allies,” said Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman on the Economic Forum in Qatar in Doha on Tuesday. “I don’t know why people think that this is a bribe or … that Qatar wants to buy an effect with this administration.”

He added: “This partnership … is a bilateral relationship, it is useful mutual for Qatar and the United States.”

The width of the Qatar plane came as Trump He toured a storm in the Gulf last week, as it narrates trillion dollars from investment obligations in the American economy from the hosts of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

In addition to the proposed gift from the Boeing 747 plane, Qatar agreed to buy up to 210 Boeing aircraft, while the US President has been the most large in the history of the American company.

Trump defended his plan to accept a plane worth $ 400 million as a “great gesture” after Democrats criticized this step as “corruption in sight.”

Sheikh Muhammad rejected the proposals that Qatar had sought to buy influence with the American administration or with other countries in the past.

He said: “We need to overcome this stereotype of Qatar as a small Arab country, because it is rich in gas, you cannot find its way without buying it with money.”

“Our intention is to have a very clear exchange … The United States has a need to accelerate the temporary Air Force, Qatar has the ability to save this, we ascended … I have provided many nations in the United States many things. I don’t compare it to the statue of freedom.”

Trump said that Boeing 747-8 will go “directly” to his presidential library when he left his post, and that he would not use it after the end of his term. An alternative to the current Air Force One is manufactured by Boeing but has been delayed several years ago.

“I am very appreciated,” Trump said about the Qatari offer last week. “I will never be the one who rejects this type of offer. I mean, I can be a stupid person and say,” No, we don’t want a very free and expensive plane. “

Additional reports from Chloe Corniche in Dubai