Qatar to donate a jumbo plane to use the exclusive Trump as a presidential plane

Washington – Sources told CBS News that the royal family in Qatar donates a jumbo plane to use the exclusive President Trump as a presidential plane.

ABC news first I mentioned The gift, which comes as Mr. Trump turns to Qatar as part of his first international journey in his second term.

But the plane, which is 747-8, will not be ready to work as a single air weapon yet, and Mr. Trump will not use it to return to the United States from the Middle East. One of the sources told CBS News to CBS News that the plane needs to check the security and espionage services before its acceptance.

The plane will be donated to the Trump Presidential Library in the future shortly before leaving his post.

On Monday, Mr. Trump defended the plane, saying, “They are giving us a gift.”

In statements from the Oval Office, Mr. Trump said that the current plane used in Air Force One is approximately 40 years old, and he signed an executive order during his first term to upgrade it.

“When the elections did not succeed exactly the way they should be, it was not done a lot of work on board,” he said. “When I came back, I said, by the way, what is happening with the upcoming Boeings?” Well, sir, they are behind them. ”

Mr. Trump continued that, “I think Qatar, who has helped them a lot over the years in terms of security and safety,” and that he “enjoys great respect for leadership.”

Mr. Trump said: “They learned about that because they were buying Bings, buying a lot of Bings, and they were aware of this, and they said, we would like to do something.” “And if we can get 747 as a contribution to our Ministry of Defense to use it within two years while building that other, I think this is a very nice gesture. Now I can be a stupid person and say, oh no, we don’t want a free plane.”

White House press secretary Caroline Levitte said on Monday morning that the Qatari government “was gently offered to donate a plane to the Ministry of Defense” and “the legal details that are determined, but of course, any donation of this government is always made in full compliance with the law.”

Levitte said it “don’t worry at all” that if Qatar gives us something, the country expects something in return.

Ali Al -Zari, the media supplement in Qatar in the United States, confirmed that CBS news that the potential transportation of the plane for temporary use as one air vaccine is under study between the Ministry of Defense in Qatar and the US Department of Defense, but the issue is still under review by the relevant legal departments, and no decision has been taken.

But Al -Uzar said that the plane would be talent during this “inaccurate” flight.

“Any gift made by a foreign government is always acceptable in full compliance with all the laws in force. President Trump’s administration is committed to full transparency,” Levitte said on Sunday.

A US official said that Qatar also offered to donate a plane to the Ministry of Defense, but the gift will not be donated or accepted during this trip to Qatar.

Democratic Representative Richie Torres from New York confirmed to CBS News that he had sent a letter to the government accounting office urging an investigation into the Trump administration that accepts a plane as a gift.

“At an estimated value of $ 400 million, the air palace will be the most valuable gift granted by a foreign government at all.”

Torres requested an “immediate moral review of the Qatari gift” and “an official consultant opinion on whether the gift violates federal morals and the condition of Al -Jawhar.”

In a post on the social truth platform on Sunday, Mr. Trump defended the idea of receiving luxury aircraft and grabbing those who criticized what he called a “free gift” “to replace the 40 -year -old Air Force, temporarily.” He claimed that it was “very public and transparent treatment.”

“So the democrats are so disturbed that they insist that we pay, at the top of the dollar, to the plane,” he wrote. “Anyone can do it! Democrats are world -class losers !!!” Maga. “

the Air Force is one He was already appointed to be replaced, with the initial delivery of 2024. However, the modified Boeing 747 was completed to some time in 2027 for the first plane and in 2028 – the last year of Mr. Trump in his position – for the second, according to the US Air Force.

On Monday, the president will leave on his first foreign trip in his second term, which is scheduled to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in the four -day visit.

Levitte said on Friday that the trip will focus on “strengthening relations between our countries”, noting the first trip of Mr. Trump in 2017 to the Middle East, where he “presented” the strategy of foreign policy with bold power.

“Now, after eight years, President Trump will return to reaffirm his continuous vision of the Middle East proud, prosperous and successful, as the countries of the United States and the Middle East are in cooperative relations, and where extremism is defeated instead of trade and cultural exchanges,” Levit said.

A media supplement in Qatar, on the United States, Ali Anari, is disputed, saying in a statement that “the potential transfer of the plane for temporary use of it as one air vaccine is currently under study between the Ministry of Defense in Qatar and the US Department of Defense,” noting that “the issue remains under review by relevant legal administrations, and no decision has been taken.”

Patrick Maguir and

Willie James Inman

He contributed to this report.