“Influence with additional legroom”
Democrats want to stop Trump’s jet gift
Updated on May 20, 2025 – 8:04 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
From the point of view of the Democrats, the gifted Boeing from Qatar is “bribery”. You want to stop Trump with a law.
The minority leader of the Democrats in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, wants to by law to prevent President Donald Trump from being able to use a luxury plane gifted by Qatar as an official presidential machine Air Force One. The “Presidential Airlift Security Act” introduced on Monday would forbid the Pentagon to convert an aircraft previously possessed by a foreign government with tax money for use as a presidential machine. Schumer had previously scanned Katar’s gift as a “bribery” and “first -class foreign influence with additional legroom”.
The draft law is the latest attempt by the Democrats to take action against Trump’s assumption of the $ 400 million Catarian Boeing of Type 747-8. The offer from the rich golf state had not only raised enormous constitutional and ethical questions. From the point of view of the critics, such a gift also represents a significant, non -resolving security risk. According to Democrats, the costs for the necessary conversions in the billion dollar sector would move.
Several Republicans had also expressed concerns about the gift from Qatar. Nevertheless, the prospects of success of the law are questionable: John Thune, the Republican majority leader in the Senate, is not obliged to submit the bill to vote.
However, Schumer wants to force a vote by bringing the law to the household laws that the Republicans have to say goodbye later in the year. By blockade, he wanted to make the Ministry of Justice publicly public last week to publicize his information about the deal.
According to US media reports, Trump wants to accept the Luxury Jet from Qatar as a new presidential machine Air Force One-and keep the plane out of office even after leaving. First, the broadcaster ABC News reported about it last Sunday. Accordingly, the plane would first be handed over to the US air weapon before it was transferred to the presidential library.
While Qatar did not “correct” the reports in which the machine was referred to as a gift, Trump defended the project. To reject the offer is “stupid,” he said. He accused the Democrats of unnecessarily spending money on a new Air Force One.
