USA officially accepted jumbojet from Qatar

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USA officially accepted jumbojet from Qatar

The next Air Force One comes from Qatar. Trump’s eldest son is considering a candidacy for the presidency. All developments in the news blog.

Despite the sharp criticism, the government of US President Donald Trump accepts an expensive plane as a gift from the lead in Qatar. The US Department of Defense announced that in accordance with all rules and regulations, a Boeing 747 machine, which is to be upgraded for Trump as a government plane Air Force One. When retrofitting the jumbojet, appropriate security measures for the transport of the US president would be ensured.

According to reports, the aircraft has a value of around $ 400 million (currently 355 million euros). The expensive gift from a foreign partner raises legal and ethical questions. Democrats speak of “blank corruption” and have threatened with protests in the US parliament. Katar’s government rejected criticism. It was a “very simple government to government to government,” said Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani to the broadcaster CNN. It is a normal “transaction”. He does not understand the many discussions about the topic.

The plans had already become public days ago-shortly before a trip by the President to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The idea of ​​the gift plane caused great outrage. While the Qatar’s side was silent for longer, Trump spoke bluntly about the project and vehemently defended this. For several days he argued that it would be nonsensical and even “stupid” to strike such an offer for a “free, very expensive plane” – after all, it only saves money to the American tax payers.

The son of US President Donald Trump is flirting to follow his father in the office of US President. Donald Trump jr. answered on Wednesday when asked at an economic forum in Qatar whether he wanted to succeed his father: “The answer is, I don’t know, maybe one day.” An appeal to the highest political office is in the room, he said and added to his father’s agenda: “I will always be an active advocate of these things.”

The 47-year-old has become a fixture in Trump’s closest circle. According to research by the Reuters news agency, he was the most influential member of the Trump family in the transition phase to the presidency when his father put together his cabinet. Trump, who appreciates loyalty, has long been relating to family members when it comes to political advice.

Don Jr., As the president’s eldest son is called, has prevented or encouraged cabinet candidates. Reuters was reported in the narrower area of ​​Trump, Don jr. For example, I supported Vice President JD Vance or prevented the admission of the former Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo into the cabinet. “I think my father has really changed the Republican Party, I think she is now the America First party, the Maga party, however you want to look at it,” said Don Jr. in Doha.

In the legal dispute over deportations of migrants from the USA, the judiciary slowed down the US government. A judge at the Federal Supreme Court in Boston asked the government not to leave migrants from their custody. The judicial order concerned any deportations to third countries, report several US media. The current whereabouts of the people concerned is unclear. Judge Brian Murphy, according to the reports on Tuesday evening (local time), reacted to an urgent application for the lawyers of two migrants from Vietnam and Myanmar, who are said to have been flown to the East African country at short notice. The US government has not yet officially confirmed the deportation.