president Donald TrumpThe decision to accept a $400 million jet from the Qatar royal family overshadowed a trip to the Middle East this week as Democrats ridiculed the gift as “unconstitutional.”
“Trump is literally trying to fly around from foreign governments while serving as president. That’s a violation of the constitution. The emoluments clause was not a proposal. It’s not a law.” I said this on Monday morning.
emoluments clause The US Constitution states that elected officials should not accept gifts from foreign countries without consent from Congress. Rep. Ritchie Torres, DN.Y., wrote a letter to the government’s accountability office on Sunday, officially calling for an ethical investigation into the gift as a violation of the clause.
“I don’t know who needs to hear this, but no, Donald Trump can’t accept the $400 million flight palace from Qatar’s royal family. This is not only blatantly corrupt, but blatantly unconstitutional. I said it on Sunday Like the news broke.
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A Qatar Boeing 747 sits on the runway at Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump toured the aircraft on February 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
When asked by Fox News Digital if Trump should accept a $400 million Qatar jet, Democrat Senator Their condemnation was unanimous, calling the deal “smelling” and “dangerous” to national security.
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“We shouldn’t do that,” D-Vt said. Sen. Peter Welch added that “we can build our own planes for security.”
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“It smells good enough for him to come to Congress. It looks good like an emolume, and he and his library will benefit from it,” said Sen. Sheldon White House, Dr. i.
Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn. was piled up in Trump’s criticism in a series of social media posts. He gave a speech on the Senate floorclaims that Trump is “easy to sell our country’s security in exchange for billions of bribery, including free, luxurious planes.”
Senator Chris Murphy led Democrats following reports that President Donald Trump had planned to accept a $400 million jet from Qatar on behalf of the US government. (Valerie Press/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Never put US foreign policy for sale. With the news that Qatar is giving Trump a $400 million plane, White House corruption is becoming a bigger threat to our national security,” Murphy said. He said in a social media post.
However, the Trump administration continues to protect Qatar’s gifts to the United States as White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt. He claimed it was not a “Trump plane.” However, it was donated to the US Air Force.
On Wednesday morning, Trump signed a series of agreements with Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar. This includes Qatar’s purchasing agreements, national defense agreements and national cooperative declarations for 160 US Boeing planes.
Trump defended his decision to accept the Qatar jet on Tuesday, saying it would not be “silly” and emphasized that he accepted it on behalf of the US government rather than himself.
Qatar’s Emil Sheikhamim Bin Hamad Arnithani welcomes President Donald Trump at the official welcoming ceremony at Amiridiwan in Doha, Qatar on May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“The Boeing 747 is given to the US Air Force/Doctor’s Department, not me. It’s a gift from Qatar, a country we’ve been protecting for years. Our government is used as a temporary air force, as a new Boeing is very late and very late for delivery. It wants to reward us for a well done job,” Trump said. True socially said Following his remarks to reporters on Tuesday.
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“Instead, this great savings will be spent again making America great! Only fools who would not accept this gift on behalf of our country, thank you for paying attention to this issue!” Trump added.
