{"id":27477,"date":"2025-05-13T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27477"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:38:36","slug":"trump-defends-free-400000000-palace-in-the-sky-gift-despite-morality-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27477","title":{"rendered":"Trump defends ‘free $400,000,000 palace in the sky’ gift despite morality concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Donald Trump has hit out at the ‘crooked Democrats’ in his defense against being potentially set to receive a $400 million jumbo jet from Qatar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This upcoming week,\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0is set to visit the Middle East, going to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, alongside talking about the Saudi investment in the\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0and Iran’s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Alongside reportedly having plans to announce the US’ change in what it\u00a0calls the Gulf of Persia<\/a>, Trump is also rumored to receive a gift.<\/p>\n

American officials claim the ruling family of Qatar are set to give the POTUS a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet – a gift reportedly worth a whopping\u00a0$400,000,000<\/a>\u00a0which has, unsurprisingly, provoked backlash online.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed the ‘flying palace,’ the jet is anticipated as being used by Trump as the new Air Force One jet – the 13-year-old aircraft modified to meet US\u00a0military<\/a>\u00a0criteria.<\/p>\n

It’s reported it will be used by Trump until he leaves office and after Trump’s second term as president comes to an end – or will it? – the jet is expected to transfer to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation, before January 1, 2029 ABC News\u00a0reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Any costs associated with the transfer will also allegedly be covered by the US Air Force.<\/p>\n

While the Qatari government has stated a final decision on whether the gift will be issued has not yet been made, however, that hasn’t stopped people from speaking out online – many drawing on the US Constitution’s Emoluments Clause which bars anyone holding government office from accepting any present from any foreign state without congressional consent.<\/p>\n

Trump’s response? Well, the POTUS took to\u00a0Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0earlier today (May 12), to write: “So the fact that 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, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane.<\/p>\n

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Trump has hit back at any criticism of him receiving a gift (Bonnie Cash\/UPI\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“Anybody can do that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!! MAGA.”<\/p>\n

Trump’s post follows a statement issued by Qatar’s media attache, Ali Al-Ansari.<\/p>\n

Al-Ansari said: “[The] possible transfer of an aircraft for temporary use as Air Force One is currently under consideration between Qatar\u2019s ministry of defence and the US department of defence.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the matter remains under review by the respective legal departments, and no decision has been made.”<\/p>\n

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