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Trump’s plan to accept a $400 million plane from Qatar has ignited a full-blown firestorm among Democrats in Congress
1hon MSN
Democrats are leaning into a corruption argument against President Donald Trump, pointing to his crypto meme coin and plans to accept a luxury jet from Qatar as evidence that the president is potentially violating ethical norms and the US Constitution.
Democrats are planning to fly a banner that reads “Qatar-a-lago” over President Trump’s Florida estate Wednesday after he said he would accept a $400 million jet from the Qatari government.
The tiny Gulf state has showered money on the U.S.’s military and universities, giving it outsize geopolitical clout.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-NJ) plans to force votes on any military sales announced on Trump’s swing through the Middle East this week.
The White House announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump has signed an agreement with the nation of Qatar to create "an economic exchange worth at least $1.2 trillion," which includes a "histor
The issue united both Democrats and ... for corruption than with Qatar’s ties to Iran. Laura Loomer, an influential Trump adviser, led the MAGA pushback to the jet deal.
President Donald Trump would plainly like America to be more like the Gulf states he’s touring on the first big foreign trip of his new term.
Today’s agreement with China offers only a temporary pause in the trade war, with intensive negotiations to continue in the weeks ahead. And after last week’s U.S.-U.K. trade deal, Trump has promised other such deals are imminent. There is still much to do.
Trump is in talks to accept a Boeing 747 as a gift from the royal family of Qatar, a move Jeanne Shaheen warns raises "serious" ethical questions.