Qatar wants to give a new air force 1 plane to trump

[irisblue]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511

Title-Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
The luxury jumbo jet is to be used as Air Force One, sources told ABC News.

ByJonathan Karl and Katherine Faulders
May 11, 2025, 7:02 AM


Snip-"In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar -- a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation, sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News."

snip-"The highly unusual -- unprecedented -- arrangement is sure to raise questions about whether it is legal for the Trump administration, and ultimately, the Trump presidential library foundation, to accept such a valuable gift from a foreign power."

snip-"Anticipating those questions, sources told ABC News that lawyers for the White House counsel's office and the Department of Justice drafted an analysis for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth concluding that is legal for the Department of Defense to accept the aircraft as a gift and

snip-"The plane will initially be transferred to the United States Air Force, which will modify the 13-year-old aircraft to meet the U.S. military specifications required for any aircraft used to transport the president of the United States, multiple sources familiar with the proposed arrangement said."





So how many bugs will be hard wired into the plane?

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[Irish_Dem]

1. National security risk.

[irisblue]

7. The NSA & their less known ancillary groups must be all kinds of happy about this

[DURHAM D]

2. The name of the plane will be -

BRIBE

[tanyev]

5. Or PWNED.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. I guess we don't have an Emoluments Clause any more.

[mopinko]

9. if sanity ever returns

we need new law to clarify that.

[Brother Buzz]

11. You can't fool me, there ain't no Sanity Clause

[mopinko]

12. not these days, fersher.

[lame54]

15. It will be his...

Not the Government's

He'll scrap the current one and keep the new one and leave the next prez(God willing) with no plane

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Third thread quoting the same article

Look around.

Memo to press (the stenographers): It's an Emolument. It is done up to suit only one person. They use the word in the article, but only stenographicly.

[irisblue]

6. Thank you for telling me that Bernardo de La Paz

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. I plan to call it Bribe Farce One.

The White House and DoJ are lying about it not violating the Emoluments clause.

[mopinko]

10. but, but that's a big word.

we cant expect the “president “ to understand big words, can we?

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. Well, I won't be saying it to him.

I avoid him like the plague.

[newdeal2]

14. I hope Elon, Duffy, and Hegseth are working night and day to get Trump on this plane ASAP

[True Dough]

16. Have you seen the interior of that plane?

Rick Wilson's take:

Rick Wilson
@TheRickWilson

So Donald Trump is accepting a jet as a bribe, but if you look at the interior photos of it, you know why he really wants it: it looks like a flying whorehouse. It looks like Liberace and Saddam‘s decorator got together and did an airplane interior.

[irisblue]

17. Ah geez.

[Norrrm]

18. A spying device that passed all security tests.

Passive spying device

The Thing - Great Seal Bug

A Russian spying device that was so good our own people put it in place.

http://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/thing/index.htm

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. Bondi is the one who signed off on this deal but she has serious conflicts of interest

The ABC article outlines how Bondi approved this transaction. The trouble is that Bondi has a conflict

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Rebl2]

20. Last sentence

It came to my mind as well.

[mr715]

21. Kaboom?

I mean...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. Currently, Air Force One is not an airplane: it's two airplanes (at least)

With all the required maintenance for an "Air Force One", the Air Force has to have at least two, maybe three of the things. How many of these flying bordellos will Qatar buy?

The Air Force should keep the current ones maintained. The next president, assuming a Dem, will want to make sure there are no listening devices on her Air Force One.